(o2/\ 













V' 


c ^ 

O ^ o 

* v .. 

. ^ ^ V * 


rVJ \ 

V <> &1 


k ' <$ 

1 y ^ ■> _-v-',v < "O 

: ^ v* f '^o^ 

/ 0 o • % v 4 @v /' V% 

. o >. t-, c v s 

*$'.. .V/ * a ■>-. a'X 



ft 'c9 u -i 

y 0 * x ^ iA K Vjr 

«£. a 4 > c 0 N c * 

, ^ *1 ® * ,-^Wn, -2 

* ^ A' < r5Qx\\V r '' a » 



>, 0 o x. 

<* 

^ ^ ^ 1 
<V a . \ * \^> 

, 0 '' »' *«/■ % 1 vV >'"- t 

- - * aV a ; ^ ^ ; 

* ^ ,v % '•tSgif* Wj 

•a s s ^.v - » Ss di a 


=, v**'^*:^ ( v ,v ‘ 


5 ^ t A > 
2 f° \ 0 ^ 



y o * x 

N ^ ,# * 

* v >^ <\3 K 

> ° x0 ^ 

V o 0 c \ 

,\V ** . ^LJ^I . % V. 

* * <*■ ri\ iP6( /% <?' \V 


^ %^s£^y V s ’ 

% t .*«, •* “' »* v .‘-*, 


0 * X 


^ * 

l -V*r^i 

V t « ■' ' „ ' l o • * 0 - 

♦ ^ <j> , o u 


y V 

O 0 X 























aV </> 

AV </> 




C 0 « 0 ^’ . »'», V ' " “ ' ‘^ A . t O " e ' * * ' 'o^.' 1 * * 

jv # ^ O C> v v ,/y??-? i *f* S* * ^ O 0 v 

<*, c^ooXx n^L ^ x J^/7//yv^> -f \\ 4. jsrOA\ N 







9 l “l 



</" ^ V 

* O 0 X 

• ,„, ^ * £ *U ' 

, H ^ ~^- 7 ''// / A ,x v» ^ 

r£> y X M^° * <) o b' A V or As S 

x>\Sv^% * • ■ •y ^•.;°v• ■'* / % ,no ^ 

* <* -v a » ?■ «3 51 * •#> „ * /> . 

<v 

z 
o 

u) 


* *p 

o </> .vv v o 
'» \ * f z 

c 3 c 

" * oV ^ 

s % ,0^ . '_ < j 0 * *> * ‘ A 




r 0 v V 


V l A 



* /V o, * j s s <G r 

,/ ‘* g°V^a 

o * -y... ^ ^ .. .- MV/z%> 



S' 

*< . ,^° A 

: : 


H ^ 


„ 

y •* n * l * /> O 

y y 

*- v 4> 


\ * 0 



V 0 ^*‘ sS ^ 5 y x * c !*L !^ 

“' &(\l//yp L ' * <o \y o 

■; '"oo' A v -* / ^,_ M . 

; A-v** :b|!? 3*: ^ 0o - r ^^W; ■% 

v v <—>;* * - o^°-^ • o;% *•■'* v<' -° 
v %. r'dfe'- 4 / 4 Va v .V/ * 



° <r- aV 

O ^r> << V 




//A ° ^ y V 


A\ y ^ - 

oi^A A 






. »m*' /\,», %/* a N o 
^ V> ^ 'iy 




v> <v 


v 5 y 



l w^* ., 

A ^ * 

^ <>* 

<* o 0 

v y ' 7 y ^ 

° a 0° c ^ 7 v** ,, % 'V,,o' 

<v;*AL v'ovv'^ ^ 

? & s» 'P^ ^ ^ « tfik. .'v 


% 




- ^ v % 


A^‘ </> 
# ' J 



* ^ . V 

X ' X-. \X. 

^ y z v ^ 2 

,5 

y 0 , X ^ A ''&* ' * j'V+s'' aO^ C ty o*r A Sj 

A X C 0 N c ♦ ^ 0 _ - 0 V v c V ' 6 ♦ ^ ^ A X c 0 N c « 

< C' * C-C<V(V ^ ° G ± *r/r??^ ^ ^ ^ * ,T> ■» - c ' r '~ y 





; ^ v*' 

= x°°- , 

c n 0 CU t- -s z, 

V * 9 \ ^* V ^-N 

,0^ v- ^ * 0 ^ ^c* V .' VVJ ^ > A 

^ y ^ jaW/H, 0 \/> 0v^ 4 ^ w '" * 'b- ^ 



\° 

H 0 .N 


.s^ <?, 


. rv 



O A 






i \ '**<& 
































,Q"n' 


£ 


CIPHERS 

OF THE 

APOCALYPSE 


<1 THE GREAT MYSTERY 
“OF MYSTERIES RE¬ 
PEALED, THE SPIRIT 
“AND PROPHESIES OF 
“THE SCRIPTURES 
“PROVED.” : : : : : 




THE BOOK OF 
REVELATION EXPLAINED 












CHARLES S. PRAT 
New and Old Book 




The Ciphers of the 
Apocalypse 


The 

Great Prophetic Scriptural Cryptogram 

That is Woven into the Revelation 

% -$• 


“Here is wisdom. Let him that hath under* 
standing count the number of the beast: for it is 
the number of a man; and his number is Six 
hundred threescore and six.” 


■M * * 

“For the Testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy* 

* % #- 


Deciphered and Written by 

LLOYD KENYON JONES 


1 mi Cha RLES s. PRATT 

lei^Tvxu 0W B °° ks ’ S,ationer y> Blank Books 

61 SIXTH AVE., Near 12th St., NEW YORK 

WB "' « "■ BOOK ,o. WANT. C.tIlo", s “ 




Table of Contents 


Title Page 

Introducing the Ciphers of the Apocalypse. 7 

The Revelation of St. John the Divine.23 

The Symbolical Significance of the Apocalypse.... 71 

Foreshadowing the Millennium. 81 

Evidence of Cipher Writings. 87 

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.. 97 

The Interlocking Ciphers of the Apocalypse.99 

The Master Cipher (The Ciphers Worked Out). .117 










INTRODUCING THE CIPHERS OF THE 
APOCALYPSE 


In offering the message of this volume to students, 
I am making it a brief to present my viewpoints and 
convictions relative to the chief purpose of the Book 
of Revelation. 

In common with countless others, I often have 
been impelled to regard Revelation, or the Apoca¬ 
lypse, as it is called sometimes, as a delirium of the 
writer’s art. The beasts with faces of birds or animals 
or men, and the other allegorical characters and ob¬ 
jects named, would make the universe a place to be 
feared, and could not harmonize with the fact of law 
and order which we see in all the operations of God’s 
nature. 

Yet for nineteen centuries, this Book of Revela¬ 
tion has occupied the chief position in the Bible. It is 
the culminating evidence of the Scriptures. Its name 
—Revelation—has challenged many to search for its 
real meaning. And even those who have attempted 
to take every passage in the Bible literally, have been 
forced to admit that this final Scriptural book must 
contain some allegorical or symbolic meaning. The 
majority of efforts that have been put forth to ferret 
out the secret purpose of the Apocalypse, have been to 
regard this Book of Revelation as an allegory contain¬ 
ing a prophecy. 

In “these latter days,” cipher writing maintains no 
place in the concern of the populace. For many cen¬ 
turies, cryptograms were the accepted methods of con- 
7 


THE CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


veying secret messages. Precisely as there have been 
times in the past when art of different kinds has ex¬ 
celled during certain periods, so were there times 
when cipher writings reached their highest state of 
refinement. 

For many years, I have been interested in ciphers. 
I have written many cipher stories, and have fitted 
together several hundred different cipher combina¬ 
tions, based on the alphabet, on words, and on words 
and the alphabet in conjunction with numbers. 

Cipher writings proceed from the simple forms in 
which 1 would represent A, and 2, B, and so on, to the 
more complex mathematical forms. The greater the 
necessity of concealing the message, the more intricate 
the system would become. 

In this volume, I give examples of ciphers, and offer 
propf of the fact that a hidden message actually may 
be woven into a running story. 

The more I examined the Book of Revelation, the 
more inclined I became to believe that, while it was 
filled with allegory, the main purpose was to bear out 
the testimony of prophecy. I could not get away from 
the fact that while many of the verses would indi¬ 
cate the wanderings of a fevered brain, they would 
evolve into direct, clear and purposeful statements. 

When the British Army, under General Allenby, 
fought at Armageddon and routed the Turks, and 
shortly thereafter the Central Powers began to crum¬ 
ble, in common with thousands of others I saw a real 
import in the specific reference to the Battle of Arma¬ 
geddon made in Revelation. 


8 




INTRODUCTION 


Contradicting this direct statement of the Battle 
of Armageddon was the reference to the fall of Baby¬ 
lon, which had fallen long before the Book of Revela¬ 
tion was written. 

For centuries, students of the Apocalypse had re¬ 
marked on the strange recurrence of certain numbers, 
particularly of 7. I found that there were other num¬ 
bers that also recurred at intervals, and that in certain 
chapters various numbers were brought into the text, 
while there would be many verses that in no manner 
referred to any numeral. 

After long thought and frequent reference to the 
Apocalypse, I began to see suggestions of law and 
order in the arrangement of the figures. 

To attempt to add up the different characters and 
objects mentioned from the first to the 22nd Chapter, 
inclusive, will bring no result of value. But there were 
statements, including the reference to Armageddon, 
the different colors of the horses of the Apocalypse, 
and the reference to the seven kings, one of which was 
the eighth and still of the seven, that inclined me to the 
belief that Revelation pointed to the present time, had 
special reference to the war, the Empire of Germany, 
and to the German Emperor. 

There was the definite statement in the very last 
verse of the 13th Chapter, that the number of the beast 
was the number of the man, and that number was six 
hundred and sixty-six. Being familiar with the law of 
ciphers, I was convinced that 666 was the key, or else 
would lead to finding the key. 

Then came a series of computations that indicated 
9 




THE CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


that Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany was the indi¬ 
vidual designated by the number 666. 

In the law of ciphers there must not be one flaw 
in the calculations. In the additions and divisions, the 
results were even. There was nothing left over. But 
there was one addition in the process that still re¬ 
mained unexplained. It occurred to me then that the 
Divine Source of inspiration that could look forward 
nineteen centuries and foretell definite dates, also 
could decide upon the proper chapter divisions 
throughout the translations. Dividing the number 
groups of different chapters, the ciphers began to re¬ 
veal themselves, and the missing number—17—in the 
master cipher was accounted for accurately—in Chap¬ 
ter 17, as you will find detailed in the cipher 
computations. 

I realize, in presenting this work to the public, that 
critics will say that, with such a variety of numbers, 
it would be easy enough to obtain similar results with 
any set of recurring numbers. I feel that no person 
has a right to criticize until he has made a careful and 
thorough study of the ciphers, of their interlocking 
relationship, and of their marvelous presentation of 
prophetic evidence. 

I have not altered any part of the Apocalypse. I 
have not added to or taken from. I believe that in 
addition to the ciphers I have uncovered, there are 
others ciphers, and that these may lead to the shedding 
of more light on other features of this remarkable 
prophecy. I think this is particularly true of those 
ciphers which apparently have no other purpose than 
to prove the cipher character of Revelation. 

10 




INTRODUCTION 


Believing that the evidence of the ciphers offers the 
strength of its own merit, I add to that evidence no 
claim whatever. Were I to put forth the claim that 
I had received any direct assistance from the spirit- 
side of life, critics would label this volume religious 
propaganda. Consequently, I am offering it for what 
it is, placing before every person the opportunity of 
doing his own figuring. 

In every drama there must be leading actors. No 
drama is complete without a hero, a heroine and a 
villain. This is true of world-dramas the same as it is 
of plays on the stage. 

It is apparent throughout Revelation, and, in fact, 
throughout the Scriptures as a whole, that the world’s 
greatest curse is the worship of the ephemeral mate¬ 
rial and the ignoring of that which is spiritual. There 
is ample evidence in the Book of Revelation to show 
that the great world conflict was a punishment which 
the world brought upon itself through its materialism, 
its selfishness, its sensuality. 

This volume is presented not in an effort to fix the 
source of any blame on any nation, apart from placing 
a just portion of the blame on all nations and all indi¬ 
viduals. Precisely as the Law of Compensation works 
for the individual, it operates for each nation and for 
the world. 

In this great war-drama, there were central fig¬ 
ures. That was necessary. The Emperor of Ger¬ 
many was the great central figure; and, instinctively, 
as though the thought existed in the very nature of 
things, Emperor Wilhelm was referred to in all parts 
of the world, except in those countries in his own alli¬ 
ance, as ‘‘the Beast.” This may, or may not, be signifi- 
II 




THE CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


cant as it is related to the same term employed in con¬ 
junction with the figure 666. 

Beyond the question of national hatred, lies a much 
more important problem, and this problem deals with 
world-destiny as revealed in the prophecy of the Apoc¬ 
alypse. In order to be a prophecy at all, this fore¬ 
telling of world events, of the passing of material su¬ 
premacy and the ascendancy of spiritual things, had 
to hinge upon a date, or dates. 

One of the most remarkable features of these 
ciphers is that they go back to the very days in which 
the Book of Revelation was written—the days during 
which the early persecutions of the Christians came 
into force. The dominant character of Nero, with his 
supreme egotism in deciding that he must not only be a 
ruler, but an actor, a philosopher, and nearly every¬ 
thing else; and the evidence of his vindictiveness, right¬ 
fully would give him a place in this prophecy. The 
reprehensible things done by Nero were to be re¬ 
flected in countless ways as the world moved through 
its periods of material aggrandizement. 

Many interesting thoughts could be introduced in 
conjunction with this prophecy, and with the condi¬ 
tions that made the prophecy exceptionally important, 
and such suggestions would include reference to 
nearly every chapter in the Old and New Testaments, 
to world history, and to other manifestations that have 
direct bearing on the thought and purpose of the Apoc¬ 
alypse. This goes beyond the purpose of this volume, 
which has as its aim the presentation of evidence of the 
existence of clear and purposeful ciphers in the Book 
of Revelation. 


12 




INTRODUCTION 


At the time this little volume is written, there is no 
material evidence that the world is done with its con¬ 
vulsions. There is no material evidence that the 
period of war has passed. And even the Millennial 
Dawn may not insure an abrupt cessation of all hos¬ 
tilities. 

If the Millennium is a period in evolution during 
which age-old causes are focused in their harmonizing 
effects, the process would still be in the nature of 
evolution—but would seem to move faster, because of 
this converging of the results of many causes that long 
have been in operation. 

If the Dawn of the Millennium is to come with un¬ 
usual manifestations, if through these ages the world 
has been undergoing preparation so that it is ready 
to receive the truth of immortality, and of the Father¬ 
hood of God, and of the mission of Jesus Christ; then 
the beginning of this period would be marked by most 
unusual happenings. 

I leave to the student, and to the passing years, the 
solution of these features of this new era. It is not 
within the power of human comprehension to analyze 
the various political, economic and spiritual conditions 
of the day and say that they will lead in one direction 
or another. 

The recent remarkable progress of prohibition and 
suffrage has run contrary to the opinions and predic¬ 
tions even of the recent past. The things that the ma¬ 
jority of people said could not be, have come to pass. 

Many writers on economic subjects long stated that 
they were convinced that the world could never be 
plunged into a war, because of the close and intricate 

13 





THE CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


weave of international trade relations. These very 
trade relations resulted in a struggle for monetary and 
political supremacy, and brought about the collapse of 
a condition of seeming amity, and in direct and indirect 
manners involved the entire world in its greatest, most 
far-reaching and most destructive war. 

I have been unable to discover in the ciphers of the 
Apocalypse any special reference to the year 1914.* 
I think that there is a reason why the year of the be¬ 
ginning of the war does not enter into the cipher com¬ 
putations. These ciphers hinge upon the three dates 
relating to Emperor Wilhelm: The date of his birth, 
the date of his ascension to the throne, and the date of 
his dethronement—and the three same dates in the 
life of Nero. 

To identify the period, and to give the prophecy a 
substance of proof, it was best to take a cycle of dates 
pertaining to one thing or one individual. Even if 
Emperor Wilhelm were to be restored to the German 
throne, this would not affect or abrogate the strength 
of the prophecy. The dates themselves are fixed, and 
from those dates proceed the other figures. 

*See page 154 for the missing cipher. 

It is noteworthy at this particular time—meaning 
the time in which this volume is written—that there 
should be inaugurated the great Interchurch World 
Movement. This great awakening of the churches 
would seem to be due to heeding the admonition of 
St. John the Divine: “He that hath an ear, let him 
hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.” 

As we look back through history, we find no paral¬ 
lel of the conditions that have come into being through- 
14 





INTRODUCTION 


out the world in the past few years. Indeed, in the 
past century, most of the inventions and scientific dis¬ 
coveries upon which the world depends for its great 
commercial activities, have come into existence. We 
have witnessed such remarkable things as the over¬ 
throwing of the ancient monarchy of China, and the 
setting up of a republic. We have seen the masses rise 
against the oppression under which they have suffered 
since time immemorial, throwing off the yoke of 
their oppressors. During these past few years, we 
have witnessed the growing inclination of human be¬ 
ings to refuse to worship other human beings, which 
may lead shortly to a determination to worship the 
Creator. 

Surely, man can not serve two masters. He can 
not bow in servility before the throne of material su¬ 
premacy and still worship God as his Supreme Lord 
and Master. He must be done with the one before he 
can proceed to the other. He must make the material 
things the servants of his experience, and stand for 
their proper use and against their abuse. 

Viewed in one way, the unrest following the close 
of the great war would appear as nothing short of a 
disposition to disregard law and order. Viewed in 
another light, it would appear as a sincere effort at 
readjustment on a basis of equity. At the time this 
volume is written, the world has passed through one 
and one-half years of its reconstruction period—and 
if five more years are required before these various 
troubles subside, that would seem short enough time 
for so tremendously important readjustments. But 


15 




THE CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


when one ventures into an analysis of such complex 
conditions, one is likely to err. 

I offer the suggestions that I have set forth not as 
evidence, and certainly not as proof that would bear 
out the facts of the Apocalyptic prophecy. I mention 
them as things of our time and rather as difficulties in 
the way of any close approach of the Millennium. 

Most students would feel that if the Millennial pe¬ 
riod, either as evolution or as something unusual, has 
its beginning in 1925, as the ciphers indicate, there 
must be swift and unheralded solutions of the vexing 
problems of the world today. 

Looking at existing conditions, the inclination is to 
hesitate to present this cipher. That which we call 
human reason can see nothing but hazard and daring 
in saying that the ciphers of the Apocalypse point to 
1925 as the Millennial Dawn. This feeling of hesi¬ 
tancy is increased by the knowledge that during the 
many centuries in which efforts have been put forth 
to decipher the Book of Revelation, nearly every one 
of these efforts sought to find the setting of the proph¬ 
ecy’s culmination in that particular period. 

Since St. John the Divine inscribed these remark¬ 
able writings, there never has been a time when the 
entire world was engaged in deadly conflict except 
during the period through which we have passed re¬ 
cently. There was never a time in these nineteen cen¬ 
turies, until the recent war, when the battle fought 
at Armageddon had any bearing on world history. 

If all these deductions are wrong, that does not 
make the Book of Revelation wrong. The authen¬ 
ticity, the value, the purpose of the Book of Revelation 


16 




INTRODUCTION 


need never repose upon human reasoning. No mortal 
has a right to tear down the Scriptures on the basis of 
his own limited experience and understanding. If the 
ciphers of the Apocalypse that are presented in this 
volume do not offer, or lead to, the solution of the 
prophecy, that would simply mean that the prophecy 
remains to be revealed in its own good time. Whether 
through accident or purpose, these ciphers have been 
brought out in this way, is immaterial. If these 
ciphers, and their meaning, are correct, it is only be¬ 
cause there must always be some source of what we 
refer to as secret. If this solution is incorrect, it simply 
means that this is not the source of the revealment. 

With the distinct understanding that the purpose 
back of this volume is not to interfere with the Scrip¬ 
tures, but is to offer to students a line of thought that 
may lead them into something far more remarkable, 
I am sure that the readers of this book will proceed 
in their examination of this evidence in! the isame 
spirit of fairness in which it is offered. 

Every mortal has the same right to an opinion that 
is possessed by any other mortal. Accept these 
ciphers, then, as opinion. But bear in mind that the 
ciphers work out—there are no figures left over or un¬ 
accounted for. There is relationship between all the 
ciphers. There is evident purpose back of this inter¬ 
locking co-ordination of these numerous ciphers in the 
Apocalypse. But in addition to the figures and the 
ciphers themselves, there are other considerations. To 
simply point out the groups of ciphers would not serve 
the purpose. There must be something beyond that, 
and that something has to do with the other facts of 
17 




THE CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


Revelation that substantiate these cipher computa¬ 
tions. 

A book that has lived so long as the Bible, must be 
fortified by something other than the habit of thought 
or human preference. The person who attacks the 
Bible because he does not understand it, and because 
nobody el&e in this world understands it, surely finds 
that his efforts are futile—that more Bibles are printed 
and sold today than ever before. No matter how logi¬ 
cal the arguments or how forceful the attacks, the 
standing of the Scriptures in the minds and hearts of 
hundreds of millions of people, remains unimpaired. 
And the coming generations, following the line of their 
own intuitive reasonings, perpetuate this same prefer¬ 
ence for the Scriptures that was exhibited by their 
parents and grandparents. 

During the great war, we have had very clear illus¬ 
tration of the truth that the world can not be changed 
by force. When the inventive genius of men turned 
from the art of construction to the infamous art of 
destruction—when the same intelligence that gave us 
useful machinery, also gave us machinery that had as 
its purpose the maiming and killing of human beings— 
it was evident that man was untrue to his stewardship. 
In searching out the truths of chemistry, man found 
out not only many helpful things, many serviceable 
drugs and chemicals, but he found also many poisons 
and many explosives. Left to his own selection, he 
yielded to the temptation of using the harmful things 
that manifested themselves by contrast as the good 
things were produced. 

If human beings had heeded the admonitions of the 
18 




INTRODUCTION 


Scriptures, they never would have arrived at a period 
where they felt that their own rights and their own 
success demanded the murder of their fellows. 

We may ascribe as the cause of the great war, any 
wrong act, or group of wrong acts, among any indi¬ 
viduals or in any country. But that does not answer 
away the truth that all countries made a fetish of mili¬ 
tary things and in varying degrees were prepared to 
destroy. We can not overlook the fact that material 
possessions and earthly fame and greed and sensuality 
became the most potent factors in shaping human 
thought and determining human action. 

These are the conditions to which the Scriptures 
refer repeatedly. They are the conditions emphasized 
in the final book of the Scriptures—the Apocalypse. 
Surely, these many references, and this crowning ref¬ 
erence to these wrong conditions, are not accidental. 
Truly, when we consider that those who were contrib¬ 
uting to these evils still found a magnetic attraction in 
the Bible, we must realize that back of this strange 
condition, stronger than this remarkable paradox, was 
a constructive, uplifting force emanating from God. 

In its narrowness, its egotism and its intolerance, 
the world has not been heeding the teachings that have 
come from God’s great faculty of instructors. And as 
certainly as the world has refused to follow those 
teachings, retribution has come as a just and fitting 
punishment. 

Still, in the great equity of life, it is apparent that 
there must be some limitation even to punishment— 
that there must be bounds of error beyond which the 
world will not proceed, and that the time must come 


19 




THE CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


when there will be regeneration of thought, theory 
and practice. 

Read from the viewpoint of the ciphers, the Book 
of Revelation does not hold a future of terror and suf¬ 
fering for God’s children, but promises a better time, 
which will be the product of a broader and deeper 
understanding. This apparently is the mission of the 
Apocalypse. In a measure, it is the purpose of the 
prophecy—but only in a measure. 

When this prophecy has proved itself beyond any 
question, even the most obstinate mortals must admit 
that the Intelligence that could dictate this prophecy 
nineteen hundred years ago, is an All-powerful Intelli¬ 
gence, and certainly is sufficiently capable of piloting 
the individual through the progress of eternity. 

The message given in the ciphers of the Apoca¬ 
lypse, is a message of hope and purpose. It is a con¬ 
structive message, and not simply an idle and mean¬ 
ingless display of arithmetical processes and results. 
These ciphers come with their offering of new hope 
and new purpose. They come on the basis that men 
believe that which they can figure out. Each indi¬ 
vidual must do his own accepting or rejecting. Accus¬ 
tomed to the evidence of his senses and to the rules of 
reasoning that he has been taught, each person must 
do his own computing. 

The evidence of this volume is the evidence of fig¬ 
ures. If this mass of closely-related, logical and or¬ 
derly results can be explained away as coincidence, 
then what right have we to say that it is nothing but 
coincidence that causes the computing machine to give 
its results? If these ciphers are only haphazard and 
20 




INTRODUCTION 


accidental, what right have we to claim that addition, 
multiplication, subtraction and division are anything 
other than accidental? 

You are now invited to read the evidence leading 
up to, and connecting with, the ciphers themselves. 
Mere reading will not serve the purpose. Diligent 
study is required. Before you take exceptions, read 
the statements that are presented. 

You now have before you certain problems in 
arithmetic, fortified by certain facts in the text of the 
Apocalypse and by certain definite rules, without 
which these various computations would not constitute 
ciphers. It is necessary to consider all of the elements; 
and to remember that I am not inventing ciphers, I 
am not creating their law, but simply am following 
that which for hundreds of years, and perhaps thou¬ 
sands of years, has been the definite law and order of 
cryptograms. Until we understand and recognize the 
rules and the law governing any line of thought, we 
are not in position to criticize because then our criti¬ 
cism is simply contradicting itself, though it may seem 
logical to us. 

The facts are before you for your thought, your 
study and your patient comparison. And beyond 
those facts is the story that the next few passing years 
will tell—if not in whole, at least in part. 

Respectfully submitted, 


Chicago, Illinois, April 24, 1920. 

21 





THE REVELATION 
OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE 


(Following the Text of the Oxford Bible) 
Chapter I 

1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave 
unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must 
shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by 
his angel unto his servant John: 

2 Who bare record of the word of God, and of 
the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that 
he saw. 

3 Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear 
the words of this prophecy, and keep those things 
which are written therein: for the time is at hand. 

4 John to the seven churches which are in Asia: 
Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and 
which was, and which is to come; and from the seven 
Spirits which are before his throne; 

5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful wit¬ 
ness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince 
of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and 
washed us from our sins in his own blood, 

6 And hath made us kings and priests unto God 
and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever 
and ever. Amen. 

7 Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye 
shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all 

23 


THE CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


kindreds of the earth shall wail because of Him. Even 
so, Amen. 

8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the 
ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and 
which is to come, the Almighty. 

9 I John, who also am your brother, and compan¬ 
ion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience 
of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, 
for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus 
Christ. 

10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard 
behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, 

11 Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and 
the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and 
send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; 
unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, 
and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Phila¬ 
delphia, and unto Laodicea. 

12 And I turned to see the voice that spake with 
me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candle¬ 
sticks; 

13 And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one 
like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down 
to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden 
girdle. 

14 His head and his hairs were white like wool, 
as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; 

15 And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they 
burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of 
many waters. 

16 And he had in his right hand seven stars: and 
out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and 

24 




THE REVELATION OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE 


his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength. 

17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. 
And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, 
Fear not; I am the first and the last: 

18 I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, 
I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of 
hell and of death. 

19 Write the things which thou hast seen, and the 
things which are, and the things which shall be here¬ 
after; 

20 The mystery of the seven stars which thou 
sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candle¬ 
sticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven 
churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou 
sawest are the seven churches. 

Chapter 2 

1 Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; 
These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in 
his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven 
golden candlesticks; 

2 I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy 
patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are 
evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are 
apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars: 

3 And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my 
name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted. 

4 Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, be¬ 
cause thou has left thy first love. 

5 Remember therefore from whence thou art 
fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will 

25 




THE CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candle¬ 
stick out of his place, except thou repent. 

6 But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of 
the Nicolaitanes, which I also hate. 

7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the 
Spirit saith unto the churches: To him that over- 
cometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in 
the midst of the paradise of God. 

8 And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna 
write; These things saith the first and the last, which 
was dead, and is alive; 

9 I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, 
(but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them 
which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the 
synagogue of Satan. 

10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suf¬ 
fer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into 
prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribu¬ 
lation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will 
give thee a crown of life. 

11 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the 
Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh 
shall not be hurt of the second death. 

12 And to the angel of the church in Pergamos 
write; These things saith he which hath the sharp 
sword with two edges; 

13 I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, 
even where Satan’s seat is: and thou holdest fast my 
name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days 
wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was 
slain among you, where Satan dwelleth. 

14 But I have a few things against thee, because 
thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, 

26 




THE REVELATION OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE 


who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the 
children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, 
and to commit fornication. 

15 So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine 
of the Nicolaitanes, which thing I hate. 

16 Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, 
and will fight against them with the sword of my 
mouth. 

17 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the 
Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh 
will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give 
him a white stone, and in the stone a new name writ¬ 
ten, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it. 

18 And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira 
write: These things saith the Son of God, who hath his 
eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine 
brass; 

19 I know thy works, and charity, and service, 
and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last 
to be more than the first. 

20 Notwithstanding I have a few things against 
thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, 
which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to 
seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat 
things sacrificed unto idols. 

21 And I gave her space to repent of her fornica¬ 
tion; and she repented not. 

22 Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them 
that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, 
except they repent of their deeds. 

23 And I will kill her children with death; and all 
the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth 

27 




THE CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one 
of you according to your works. 

24 But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thya- 
tira, as many as have not this doctrine, and which have 
not known the depths of Satan, as they speak; I will 
put upon you none other burden. 

25 But that which ye have already hold fast till 
I come. 

26 And he that overcometh, and keepeth my 
works unto the end, to him will I give power over the 
nations: 

27 And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as 
the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: 
even as I received of my Father. 

28 And I will give him the morning star. 

29 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the 
Spirit saith unto the churches. 

Chapter 3 

1 And unto the angel of the church in Sardis 
write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits 
of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that 
thou hast a name that thou livest, and are dead. 

2 Be watchful, and strengthen the things which 
remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy 
works perfect before God. 

3 Remember therefore how thou hast received 
and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore 
thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, 
and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon 
thee. 

4 Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which 

28 




THE REVELATION OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE 


have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk 
with me in white: for they are worthy. 

5 He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed 
in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out 
of the book of life, but I will confess his name before 
my Father, and before his angels. 

6 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the 
Spirit saith unto the churches. 

7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia 
write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, 
he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no 
man shutteth; and shutteth, and no nlan openeth; 

8 I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee 
an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a 
little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not 
denied my name. 

9 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of 
Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do 
lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship 
before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee. 

10 Because thou has kept the word of my patience, 
I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, 
which shall come upon all the world, to try them that 
dwell upon the earth. 

11 Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which 
thou hast, that no man take thy crown. 

12 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in 
the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: 
and I will write upon him the name of my God, and 
the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusa- 

29 




THE CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


lem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: 
and I will write upon him my new name. 

13 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the 
Spirit saith unto the churches. 

14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodi- 
ceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful 
and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; 

15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold 
nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. 

16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and 
neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. 

17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased 
with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest 
not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, 
and blind, and naked: 

18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the 
fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that 
thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy 
nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with 
eyesalve, that thou mayest see. 

19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be 
zealous therefore, and repent. 

20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any 
man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in 
to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. 

21 To him that over cometh will I grant to sit with 
me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set 
down with my Father in his throne. 

22 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the 
Spirit saith unto the churches. 

30 




THE REVELATION OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE 


Chapter 4 

1 After this I looked, and, behold, a door was 
opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard 
was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which 
said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things 
which must be hereafter. 

2 And immediately I was in the spirit: and, be¬ 
hold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the 
throne. 

3 And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper 
and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round 
about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald. 

4 And round about the throne were four and 
twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty 
elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had 
on their heads crowns of gold. 

5 And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and 
thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps 
of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven 
Spirits of God. 

6 And before the throne there was a sea of glass 
like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and 
round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes 
before and behind. 

7 And the first beast was like a lion, and the sec¬ 
ond beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as 
a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle. 

8 And the four beasts had each of them six wings 
about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they 
rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord 
God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come. 

31 




THE CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


9 And when those beasts give glory and honour 
and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth 
for ever and ever, 

10 The four and twenty elders fall down before 
him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth 
for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the 
throne, saying, 

11 Thou are worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and 
honour and power: for thou hast created all things, 
and for thy pleasure they are and were created. 

Chapter 5 

1 And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on 
the throne a book written within and on the backside, 
sealed with seven seals. 

2 And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a 
loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to 
loose the seals thereof? 

3 And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither 
under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to 
look thereon. 

4 And I wept much, because no man was found 
worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look 
thereon. 

5 And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: 
behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, 
hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the 
seven seals thereof. 

6 And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne 
and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, 
stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns 

32 




THE REVELATION OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE 


and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent 
forth into all the earth. 

7 And he came and took the book out of the right 
hand of him that sat upon the throne. 

8 And when he had taken the book, the four 
beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the 
Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden 
vials full of odours, which are the prayers of the saints. 

9 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art 
worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: 
for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by 
thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, 
and nation; 

10 And hast made us unto our God kings and 
priests: and we shall reign on the earth. 

11 And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many 
angels round about the throne and the beasts and the 
elders: and the| number of them was ten thousand 
times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; 

12 Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb 
that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wis¬ 
dom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing. 

13 And every creature which is in heaven, and on 
earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, 
and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and 
honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth 
upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever. 

14 And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four 
and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that 
liveth for ever and ever. 


33 




THE GIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


Chapter 6 

1 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the 
seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one 
of the four beasts saying, Come and see. 

2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he 
that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto 
him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer. 

3 And when he had opened the second seal, I 
heard the second beast say, Come and see. 

4 And there went out another horse that was red: 
and power was given to him that sat thereon to take 
peace from the earth, and that they should kill one 
another: and there was given unto him a great sword. 

5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard 
the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and 
lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair 
of balances in his hand. 

6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four 
beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three 
measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not 
the oil and the wine. 

7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I 
heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see. 

8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his 
name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed 
with him. And power was given unto them over the 
fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with 
hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the 
earth. 

9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw 
under the altar the souls of them that were slain for 


34 





THE REVELATION OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE 


the word of God, and for the testimony which they 
held: 

10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How 
long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and 
avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? 

11 And white robes were given unto every one of 
them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest 
yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also 
and their brethern, that should be killed as they were, 
should be fulfilled. 

12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth 
seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the 
sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon 
became as blood; 

13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, 
even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she 
is shaken of a mighty wind. 

14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it 
is rolled together; and every mountain and island 
were moved out of their places. 

15 And the kings of earth, and the great men, and 
the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty 
men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid 
themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the moun¬ 
tains; 

16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on 
us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on 
the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: 

17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and 
who shall be able to stand? 

35 




THE CIPHERS OF THE APOC4LYPSE 


Chapter 7 

1 And after these things I saw four angels stand¬ 
ing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four 
winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on 
the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree. 

2 And I saw another angel ascending from the 
east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried 
with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was 
given to hurt the earth and the sea, 

3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor 
the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God 
in their foreheads. 

4 And I heard the number of them which were 
sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty 
and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of 
Israel. 

5 Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thou¬ 
sand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thou¬ 
sand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thou¬ 
sand. 

6 Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thou¬ 
sand. Of the tribe of Nepthalim were sealed twelve 
thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve 
thousand. 

7 Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thou¬ 
sand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thou¬ 
sand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve 
thousand. 

8 Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve 
thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve 
thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed 
twelve thousand. 


36 




THE REVELATION OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE 


9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, 
which no man could number, of all nations, and kin¬ 
dreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, 
and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and 
palms in their hands; 

10 And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation 
to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the 
Lamb. 

11 And all the angels stood round about the 
throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and 
fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped 
God, 

12 Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wis¬ 
dom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and 
might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen. 

13 And one of the elders answered, saying unto 
me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? 
and whence came they? 

14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And 
he said to me, These are they which came out of great 
tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made 
them white in the blood of the Lamb. 

15 Therefore are they before the throne of God, 
and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that 
sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. 

16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst 
any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any 
heat. 

17 For the Lamb which is in the midst of the 
throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto liv- 

37 




THE CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


ing fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all 
tears from their eyes. 

Chapter 8 

1 And when he had opened the seventh seal, there 
was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. 

2 And I saw the seven angels which stood before 
God; and to them were given seven trumpets. 

3 And another angel came and stood at the altar, 
having a golden censer; and there was given unto him 
much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers 
of all saints upon the golden altar which was before 
the throne. 

4 And the smoke of the incense, which came with 
the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out 
of the angel’s hand. 

5 And the angel took the censer, and filled it with 
fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there 
were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an 
earthquake. 

6 And the seven angels which had the seven trum¬ 
pets prepared themselves to sound. 

7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail 
and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon 
the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, 
and all green grass was burnt up. 

8 And the second angel sounded, and as it were a 
great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: 
and the third part of the sea became blood; 

9 And the third part of the creatures which were 
in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the 
ships were destroyed. 


38 




THE REVELATION OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE 


10 And the third angel sounded, and there fell a 
great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, 
and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon 
the fountains of waters; 

11 And the name of the star is called Wormwood: 
and the third part of the waters became wormwood; 
and many men died of the waters, because they were 
made bitter. 

12 And the fourth angel sounded, and the third 
part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the 
moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third 
part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for 
a third part of it, and the night likewise. 

13 And I beheld, and heard an angel flying 
through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, 
Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason 
of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, 
which are yet to sound! 

Chapter 9 

1 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star 
fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given 
the key of the bottomless pit. 

2 And he opened the bottomless pit; and there 
arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great 
furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by 
reason of the smoke of the pit. 

3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon 
the earth: and unto them was given power, as the 
scorpions of the earth have power. 

39 




THE CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


4 And it was commanded them that they should 
not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green 
thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have 
not the seal of God in their foreheads. 

5 And to them it was given that they should not 
kill them, but that they should be tormented five 
months: and their torment was as the torment of a 
scorpion, when he striketh a man. 

6 And in those days shall men seek death, and 
shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall 
flee from them. 

7 And the shapes of the locusts were like unto 
horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were 
as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the 
faces of men. 

8 And they had hair as the hair of women, and 
their teeth were as the teeth of lions. 

9 And they had breastplates, as it were breast¬ 
plates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the 
sound of chariots of many horses running to battle. 

10 And they had tails like unto scorpions, and 
there were stings in their tails: and their power was 
to hurt men five months. 

11 And they had a king over them, which is the 
angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew 
tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his 
name Apollyon. 

12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two 
woes more hereafter. 

13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a 
voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is 
before God, 


40 




THE REVELATION OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE 


14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trum¬ 
pet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great 
river Euphrates. 

15 And the four angels were loosed, which were 
prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a 
year, for to slay the third part of men. 

16 And the number of the army of the horsemen 
were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard 
the number of them. 

17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and 
them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and 
of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses 
were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths 
issued fire and smoke and brimstone. 

18 By these three was the third part of men killed, 
by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, 
which issued out of their mouths. 

19 For their power is in their mouth, and in their 
tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had 
heads, and with them they do hurt. 

20 And the rest of the men which were not killed 
by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their 
hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols 
of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: 
which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk: 

21 Neither repented they of their murders, nor 
of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their 
thefts. 

Chapter 10 

1 And I saw another mighty angel come down 
from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was 
41 




THE CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and 
his feet as pillars of fire: 

2 And he had in his hand a little book open: and 
he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on 
the earth, 

3 And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion 
roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders ut¬ 
tered their voices. 

4 And when the seven thunders had uttered their 
voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from 
heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which 
the seven thunders uttered, and write them not. 

5 And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea 
and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven, 

6 And sware by him that liveth for ever and 
ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein 
are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, 
and the sea, and the things which are therein, that 
there should be time no longer: 

7 But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, 
when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God 
should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants 
the prophets. 

8 And the voice which I heard from heaven spake 
unto me again, and said, Go and take the little book 
which is open in the hand of the angel which standeth 
upon the sea and upon the earth. 

9 And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, 
Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, 
and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it 
shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey. 

42 




THE REVELATION OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE 


10 And I took the little book out of the angel’s 
hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as 
honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was 
bitter. 

11 And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy 
again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, 
and kings. 

Chapter 11 

1 And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: 
and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the 
temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship 
therein. 

2 But the court which is without the temple leave 
out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gen¬ 
tiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot 
forty and two months. 

3 And I will give power unto my two witnesses, 
and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and 
threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. 

4 These are the two olive trees, and the two 
candlesticks standing before the God of the earth. 

5 And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth 
out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and 
if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be 
killed. 

6 These have power to shut heaven, that it rain 
not in the days of their prophecy: and have power 
over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the 
earth with all plagues, as often as they will. 

7 And when they shall have finished their testi¬ 
mony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless 

43 




THE CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome 
them, and kill them. 

8 And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of 
the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and 
Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified. 

9 And they of the people and kindreds and tongues 
and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and 
an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be 
put in graves. 

10 And they that dwell upon the earth shall re¬ 
joice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts 
one to another; because these two prophets tormented 
them that dwell on the earth. 

11 And after three days and an half the Spirit 
of life from God entered into them, and they stood 
upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which 
saw them. 

12 And they heard a great voice from heaven say¬ 
ing unto them, Gome up hither. And they ascended 
up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld 
them. 

13 And the same hour was there a great earth¬ 
quake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the 
earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the 
remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God 
of heaven. 

14 The second woe is past; and, behold, the third 
woe cometh quickly. 

15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there 
were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of 
this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and 
of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever. 

44 




THE REVELATION OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE 


16 And the four and twenty elders, which sat be¬ 
fore God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and wor¬ 
shipped God, 

17 Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Al¬ 
mighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because 
thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast 
reigned. 

18 And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is 
come, and the time of the dead, that they should be 
judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy 
servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that 
fear thy name, small and great; and shouldst destroy 
them which destroy the earth. 

19 And the temple of God was opened in heaven, 
and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testa¬ 
ment; and there were lightnings, and voices, and thun- 
derings, and an earthquake, and great hail. 

Chapter 12 

1 And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; 
a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her 
feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: 

2 And she being with child cried, travailing in 
birth, and pained to be delivered. 

3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; 
and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and 
ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. 

4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of 
heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the 
dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be 
delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was 
born. 


45 




THE CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


5 And she brought forth a man child, who was 
to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child 
was caught up unto God, and to his throne. 

6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where 
she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed 
her there a thousand two hundred and three score 
days. 

7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his 
angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon 
fought and his angels, 

8 And prevailed not; neither was their place 
found any more in heaven. 

9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old ser¬ 
pent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the 
whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his 
angels were cast out with him. 

10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, 
Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom 
of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the ac¬ 
cuser of our brethern is cast down, which accused them 
before our God day and night. 

11 And they overcame him by the blood of the 
Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they 
loved not their lives unto the death. 

12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that 
dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and 
of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having 
great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a 
short time. 

13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast 
unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which 
brought forth the man child. 


46 




THE REVELATION OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE 


14 And to the woman were given two wings of a 
great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into 
her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, 
and half a time, from the face of the serpent. 

15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as 
a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be 
carried away of the flood. 

16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth 
opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which 
the dragon cast out of his mouth. 

17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, 
and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, 
which keep the commandments of God, and have the 
testimony of Jesus Christ. 

Chapter 13 

1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw 
a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and 
ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon 
his heads the name of blasphemy. 

2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leop¬ 
ard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his 
mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him 
his power, and his seat, and great authority. 

3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded 
to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all 
the world wondered after the beast. 

4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave 
power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, 
saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to 
make war with him? 


47 




THE CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


5 And there was given unto him a mouth speak¬ 
ing great things and blasphemies; and power was 
given unto him to continue forty and two months. 

6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against 
God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and 
them that dwell in heaven. 

7 And it was given unto him to make war with the 
saints, and to overcome them: and power was given 
him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. 

8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship 
him, whose names are not written in the book of life of 
the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. 

9 If any man have an ear, let him hear. 

10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into cap¬ 
tivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed 
with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of 
the saints. 

11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of 
the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he 
spake as a dragon. 

12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first 
beast before him, and causeth the earth and them 
which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose 
deadly wound was healed. 

13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh 
fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight 
of men, 

14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth, by 
the means of those miracles which he had power to do 
in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on 
the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, 
which had the wound by a sword, and did live. 

48 




THE REVELATION OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE 


15 And he had power to give life unto the image 
of the beast, that the image of the beast should both 
speak, and cause that as many as would not worship 
the image of the beast should be killed. 

16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich 
and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their 
right hand, or in their foreheads: 

17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that 
had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number 
of his name. 

18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath under¬ 
standing count the number of the beast: for it is the 
number of a man; and his number is Six hundred 
three score and six. 


Chapter 14 

1 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the 
mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four 
thousand, having his Father’s name written in their 
foreheads. 

2 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice 
of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: 
and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their 
harps: 

3 And they sung as it were a new song before the 
throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and 
no man could learn that song but the hundred and 
forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from 
the earth. 

4 These are they which were not defiled with 
women; for they are virgins. These are they which 
follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were 

49 




THE CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


redeemed from among men, being the first fruits unto 
God and to the Lamb. 

5 And in their mouth was found no guile: for they 
are without fault before the throne of God. 

6 And I saw another angel fly in the midst of 
heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto 
them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and 
kindred, and tongue, and people, 

7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give 
glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: 
and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the 
sea, and the fountains of waters. 

8 And there followed another angel, saying, Baby¬ 
lon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made 
all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her for¬ 
nication. 

9 And the third angel followed them, saying with 
a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his 
image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his 
hand, 

10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath 
of God, which is poured out without mixture into the 
cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with 
fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, 
and in the presence of the Lamb: 

11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up 
for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, 
who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever 
receiveth the mark of his name. 

12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they 
that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of 
Jesus. 


50 




THE REVELATION OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE 


13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto 
me, Write, Blessed are the dead which died in the 
Lord from henceforth; Yea, saith the Spirit, that they 
may rest from their labours; and their works do follow 
them. 

14 And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and 
upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, hav¬ 
ing on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a 
sharp sickle. 

15 And another angel came out of the temple, 
crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, 
Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for 
thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe. 

16 And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle 
on the earth; and the earth was reaped. 

17 And another angel came out of the temple 
which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle. 

18 And another angel came out from the altar, 
which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry 
to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy 
sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of 
the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe. 

19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, 
and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the 
great winepress of the wrath of God. 

20 And the winepress was trodden without the 
city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto 
the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six 
hundred furlongs. 


51 




THE CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


Chapter 15 

1 And I saw another sign in heaven, great and 
marvelous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; 
for in them is filled up the wrath of God. 

2 And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with 
fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the 
beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and 
over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, 
having the harps of God. 

3 And they sing the song of Moses the servant of 
God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and 
marvelous are they works, Lord God Almighty; 
just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints. 

4 Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify 
thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall 
come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are 
made manifest. 

5 And after that I looked, and, behold, the tem¬ 
ple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was 
opened: 

6 And the seven angels came out of the temple, 
having the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white 
linen, and having their breasts girded with golden 
girdles. 

7 And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven 
angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, 
who liveth for ever and ever. 

8 And the temple was filled with smoke from the 
glory of God, and from his power; and no man was 
able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues 
of the seven angels were fulfilled. 

52 




THE REVELATION OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE 


Chapter 16 

1 And I heard a great voice out of the temple 
saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour 
out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth. 

2 And the first went, and poured out his vial upon 
the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore 
upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and 
upon them which worshipped his image. 

3 And the second angel poured out his vial upon 
the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: 
and every living soul died in the sea. 

4 And the third angel poured out his vial upon 
the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became 
blood. 

5 And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou 
art righteous, O Lord, which are, and wast, and shalt 
be, because thou has judged thus. 

6 For they have shed the blood of saints and 
prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; 
for they are worthy. 

7 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even 
so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy 
judgments. 

8 And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon 
the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men 
with fire. 

9 And men were scorched with great heat, and 
blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over 
these plagues: and they repenteth not to give him 
glory. 

10 And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the 
seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of dark¬ 
ness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain, 

53 




THE CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


11 And blasphemed the God of heaven because 
of their pains and their sores, and repented not of 
their deeds. 

12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon 
the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was 
dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might 
be prepared. 

13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs 
come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the 
mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false 
prophet. 

14 For they are the spirits of devils, working mir¬ 
acles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and 
of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of 
that great day of God Almighty. 

15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that 
watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk 
naked, and they see his shame. 

16 And he gathered them together into a place 
called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon. 

17 And the seventh angel poured out his vial into 
the air; and there came a great voice out of the tem¬ 
ple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done. 

18 And there were voices, and thunders, and 
lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such 
as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty 
an earthquake, and so great. 

19 And the great city was divided into three 
parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Bab¬ 
ylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto 
her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath. 

54 




THE REVELATION OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE 


20 And every island fled away, and the mountains 
were not found. 

21 And there fell upon men a great hail out of 
heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and 
men blasphemed God because of the plague of the 
hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great. 

Chapter 17 

1 And there came one of the seven angels which 
had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto 
me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment 
of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: 

2 With whom the kings of the earth have com¬ 
mitted fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth 
have been made drunk with the wine of her forni¬ 
cation. 

3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the 
wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet 
coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having 
seven heads and ten horns. 

4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and 
scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious 
stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand 
full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: 

5 And upon her forehead was a name written, 
MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE 
MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINA¬ 
TIONS OF THE EARTH. 

6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood 
of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of 
Jesus; and when I saw her, I wondered with great 
admiration. 


55 




THE CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst 
thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the 
woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which 
hath the seven heads and ten horns. 

8 The beast that thou saweth was, and is not; and 
shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into 
perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall won¬ 
der, whose names were not written in the book of life 
from the foundation of the world, when they behold 
the beast that was, and is not, and yet is. 

9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The 
seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman 
sitteth. 

10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and 
one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he 
cometh, he must continue a short space. 

11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is 
the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition. 

12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten 
kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but 
receive power as kings one hour with the beast. 

13 These have one mind, and shall give their 
power and strength unto the beast. 

14 These shall make war with the Lamb, and the 
Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of Lords, 
and King of kings: and they that are with him are 
called, and chosen, and faithful. 

15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou 
sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and 
multitudes, and nations, and tongues. 

16 And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the 
beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her 

56 




THE REVELATION OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE 


desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn 
her with fire. 

17 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his 
will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the 
beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled. 

18 And the woman which thou sawest is that 
great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth. 

Chapter 18 

1 And after these things I saw another angel come 
down from heaven, having great power; and the earth 
was lightened with his glory. 

2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, say¬ 
ing, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is be¬ 
come the habitation of devils, and the hold of every 
foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful 
bird. 

3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the 
wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth 
have committed fornication with her, and the mer¬ 
chants of the earth are waxed rich through the abun¬ 
dance of her delicacies. 

4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, 
Gome out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers 
of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. 

5 For her sins have reached unto heaven, and 
God hath remembered her iniquities. 

6 Reward her even as she rewarded you, and 
double unto her double according to her works: in the 
cup which she hath filled fill to her double. 

7 How much she hath glorified herself, and lived 
deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for 

57 




THE CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, 
and shall see no sorrow. 

8 Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, 
death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be 
utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God 
who judgeth her. 

9 And the kings of the earth, who have committed 
fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall 
bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see 
the smoke of her burning, 

10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, 
saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty 
city! for in one hour is thy judgment come. 

11 And the merchants of the earth shall weep 
and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their mer¬ 
chandise any more: 

12 The merchandise of gold, and silver, and 
precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and 
purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyne wood, and 
all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of 
most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and mar¬ 
ble, 

13 And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, 
and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, 
and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and 
chariots, and slaves, and souls of men. 

14 And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are 
departed from thee, and all things which were dainty 
and goodly are departed from thee, and thou shalt 
find them no more at all. 

15 The merchants of these things, which were 
made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of 
her torment, weeping and wailing, 

58 




THE REVELATION OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE 


16 And saying, Alas, alas that great city, that was 
clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and 
decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls! 

17 For in one hour so great riches is come to 
nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company 
in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, 
stood afar off, 

18 And cried when they saw the smoke of her 
burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city! 

19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, 
weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, 
wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea 
by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made 
desolate. 

20 Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy 
apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on 
her. 

21 And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great 
millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with 
violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, 
and shall be found no more at all. 

22 And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and 
of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at 
all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft 
he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound 
of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee; 

23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more 
at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of 
the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for 
thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for 
by thy sorceries were all nations deceived. 


59 




THE CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


24 And in her was found the blood of prophets, 
and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth. 

Chapter 19 

1 And after these things I heard a great voice of 
much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, 
and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our 
God: 

2 For true and righteous are his judgments: for 
he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the 
earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the 
blood of his servants at her hand. 

3 And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke 
rose up for ever and ever. 

4 And the four and twenty elders and the four 
beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the 
throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia. 

5 And a voice came out of the throne, saying, 
Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear 
him, both small and great. 

6 And I heard as it were the voice of a great mul¬ 
titude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the 
voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the 
Lord God omnipotent reigneth. 

7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to 
him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his 
wife hath made herself ready. 

8 And to her was granted that she should be 
arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine 
linen is the righteousness of saints. 

9 And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they 
which are called unto the marriage supper of the 

60 




THE REVELATION OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE 


Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true 
sayings of God. 

10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he 
said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellow- 
servant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony 
of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is 
the spirit of prophecy. 

11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white 
horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful 
and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and 
make war. 

12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his 
head were many crowns; and he had a name written, 
that no man knew, but he himself. 

13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in 
blood: and his name is called The Word of God. 

14 And the armies which were in heaven fol¬ 
lowed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, 
white and clean. 

15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that 
with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule 
them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the wine¬ 
press of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. 

16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a 
name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF 
LORDS. 

17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and 
he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that 
fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather your¬ 
selves together unto the supper of the great God; 

61 




THE CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


18 That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the 
flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the 
flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the 
flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and 
great. 

19 And I saw the beast, and the kings of the 
earth, and their armies, gathered together to make 
war against him that sat on the horse, and against 
his army. 

20 And the beast was taken, and with him the 
false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with 
which he deceived them that had received the mark of 
the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These 
both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with 
brimstone. 

21 And the remnant were slain with the sword of 
him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded 
out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with 
their flesh. 

Chapter 20 

1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, 
having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain 
in his hand. 

2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old ser¬ 
pent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a 
thousand years, 

3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut 
him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive 
the nations no more, till the thousand years should be 
fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little sea¬ 
son. 


62 




THE REVELATION OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE 


4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, 
and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the 
souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of 
Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not 
worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had 
received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their 
hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a 
thousand years. 

5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until 
the thousand years were finished. This is the first 
resurrection. 

6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first 
resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, 
but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and 
shall reign with him a thousand years. 

7 And when the thousand years are expired, 
Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, 

8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which 
are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, 
to gather them together to battle: the number of whom 
is as the sand of the sea. 

9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, 
and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the 
beloved city: and fire came down from God out of 
heaven and devoured them. 

10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into 
the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and 
the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and 
night for ever and ever. 

11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that 
sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven 
fled away; and there was found no place for them. 

63 




THE CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand 
before God; and the books were opened: and another 
book was opened, which is the book of life: and the 
dead were judged out of those things which were 
written in the books, according to their works. 

13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in 
it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which 
were in them: and they were judged every man 
according to their works. 

14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of 
fire. This is the second death. 

15 And whosoever was not found written in the 
book of life was cast into the lake of fire. 

Chapter 21 

1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for 
the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; 
and there was no more sea. 

2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, 
coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a 
bride adorned for her husband. 

3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, 
Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will 
dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and 
God himself shall be with them, and be their God. 

4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their 
eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sor¬ 
row, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: 
for the former things are passed away. 

5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I 
make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: 
for these words are true and faithful. 


64 




THE REVELATION OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE 


6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha 
and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give 
unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water 
of life freely. 

7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and 
I will be his God, and he shall be my son. 

8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abom¬ 
inable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sor¬ 
cerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their 
part in the lake which burneth with fire and brim¬ 
stone: which is the second death. 

9 And there came unto me one of the seven 
angels which had the seven vials full of the seven 
last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, 
I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb’s wife. 

10 And he carried me away in the spirit to a great 
and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, 
the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from 
God, 

11 Having the glory of God: and her light was 
like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper 
stone, clear as crystal; 

12 And had a wall great and high, and had twelve 
gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names writ¬ 
ten thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes 
of the children of Israel: 

13 On the east three gates; on the north three 
gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three 
gates. 

14 And the wall of the city had twelve founda¬ 
tions, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of 
the Lamb. 


65 




THE CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


15 And he that talked with me had a golden reed 
to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall 
thereof. 

16 And the city lieth foursquare, and the length 
is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city 
with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length 
and the breadth and the height of it are equal. 

17 And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred 
and forty and four cubits, according to the measure 
of a man, that is, of the angel. 

18 And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: 
and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass. 

19 And the foundations of the wall of the city 
were garnished with all manner of precious stones. 
The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; 
the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald; 

20 The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the 
seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a 
topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a 
jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst. 

21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; 
every several gate was of one pearl: and the street 
of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass. 

22 And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God 
Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. 

23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither 
of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did 
lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof. 

24 And the nations of them which are saved shall 
walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do 
bring their glory and honour into it. 


66 




THE REVELATION OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE 


25 And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by 
day: for there shall be no night there. 

26 And they shall bring the glory and honour of 
the nations into it. 

27 And there shall in no wise enter into it any¬ 
thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abom¬ 
ination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written 
in the Lamb’s book of life. 

Chapter 22 

1 And he shewed me a pure river of water of 
life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of 
God and of the Lamb. 

2 In the midst of the street of it, and on either side 
of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare 
twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every 
month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing 
of the nations. 

3 And there shall be no more curse: but the 
throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his 
servants shall serve him: 

4 And they shall see his face; and his name shall 
be in their foreheads. 

5 And there shall be no night there; and they 
need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord 
God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever 
and ever. 

6 And he said unto me, These sayings are faith¬ 
ful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets 
sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things 
which must shortly be done. 

67 




THE CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


7 Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keep- 
eth the sayings of the prophecy of this book. 

8 And I John saw these things and heard them. 
And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to wor¬ 
ship before the feet of the angel which shewed me 
these things. 

9 Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for 
I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the 
prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this 
book: worship God. 

10 And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of 
the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand. 

11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and 
he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is 
righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is 
holy, let him be holy still. 

12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward 
is with me, to give every man according as his work 
shall be. 

13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and 
the end, the first and the last. 

14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, 
that they may have right to the tree of life, and may 
enter in through the gates into the city. 

15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and 
whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and 
whosoever loveth and maketh a lie. 

16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto 
you these things in the churches. I am the root and 
the offspring of David, and the bright and morning 
star. 


68 




THE REVELATION OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE 


17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And 
let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is 
athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the 
water of life freely. 

18 For I testify unto every man that heareth 
the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man 
shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the 
plagues that are written in this book: 

19 And if any man shall take away from the 
words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take 
away his part out of the book of life, and out of the 
holy city, and from the things which are written in 
this book. 

20 He which testifieth these things saith, Surely 
I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus. 

21 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with 
you all. Amen. 


69 




» 






r 


THE SYMBOLICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE 
APOCALYPSE 

It is evident that many of the figures of speech 
used freely in Revelation were intended as a warp 
into which the woof of the ciphers could be woven. 

That these flowery passages can not be regarded 
literally, is demonstrated in numerous instances, as 
for example, the 14th and 15th verses of Chapter 1: 

“His head and his hairs were white like wool, as 
white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; 

“And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned 
in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many 
waters.” 

This picturesque language served three distinct 
purposes: It harmonized with the language of the 
Scriptures, it was in keeping with the exaggerated 
metaphors, allegories and similes of the time, and it 
was a cloak to conceal the ciphers from too ready 
discernment. 

The symbolical references change at times. There 
are passages which indicate that prophecy is being 
fortified by the cryptic allusion of the wording. 

To illustrate, we may read the 5th verse of the 
2nd Chapter: 

“Remember therefore from whence thou art 
fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I * 
will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy 
candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.” 

Here is one of many warnings to turn from the 
71 


THE CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


material to the spiritual. This warning is sounded 
many times and in many different ways, and often is 
associated closely with the cipher numbers or that 
which leads up to or away from the ciphers. 

Here we find the writings leading from the definite 
statement that John “was in the spirit,” to the fanciful 
wording that introduced the “four and twenty seats,” 
the elders and the six-winged beasts, four in number. 
We print the entire 4th Chapter: 

“After this I looked, and, behold, a door was 
opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard 
was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which 
said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things 
which must be hereafter. 

“And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, 
a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne. 

“And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper 
and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round 
about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald. 

“And round about the throne were four and twenty 
seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders 
sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on 
their heads crowns of gold. 

“And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and 
thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps 
of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven 
Spirits of God. 

“And before the throne there was a sea of glass 
like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and 
round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes 
before and behind. 

“And the first beast was like a lion, and the second 
72 




SYMBOLICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE APOCALYPSE 


beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a 
man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle, 

“And the four beasts had each of them six wings 
about him; and they were full of eyes within: and 
they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, 
Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to 
come. 

“And when those beasts give glory and honour 
and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth 
for ever and ever, 

“The four and twenty elders fall down before him 
that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth 
for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the 
throne, saying, 

'Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and 
honour and power; for thou hast created all things, 
and for thy pleasure they are and were created.” 

From a clear, cool statement of how he received 
this information (apparent in the 1st verse) John 
weaves a cryptic pattern of allegorical creatures, but 
returns, in the 11th verse, to a coherent, purposeful 
statement, “for thou hast created all things, and for 
thy pleasure they are and were created.” 

Truly, it was God’s pleasure, and not man’s, that 
created at all. Here “pleasure” signifies “will”; a 
term which we use as frequently today as it was 
employed in ancient times. 

Examine revelation carefully and you will note 
that this same method is employed frequently: There 
is a clear and often literal statement preceding a 
cipher cluster, then the most lurid allegory, and finally 

73 




THE CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


a return to definite, coherent teachings or unmistak¬ 
able prophecy. 

The teachings and the prophecy, and the literal 
statements and the figures of speech, do not wander 
from the subject of the prophecy. This is the wisdom 
and the subtlety of Revelation. 

When the Book of Prophecy was prepared, by and 
through God’s command, the time had not come to 
reveal the literal facts of the prophecy, as we find in 
the 1st, 2nd and 3rd verses of Chapter 5: 

“And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on 
the throne a book written within and on the backside, 
sealed with seven seals. 

“And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud 
voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose 
the seals thereof? 

“And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither 
under the earth, was able to open the book, neither 
to look thereon.” 

Following this definite statement, we are intro¬ 
duced (in the 6th verse) to a creature beyond the ken 
of men of ancient or modern times: 

“And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: 
behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of 
David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose 
the seven seals thereof. 

“And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne 
and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, 
stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns 
and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God 
sent forth into all the earth.” 

While the seven eyes are defined as the 
74 


seven 




SYMBOLICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE APOCALYPSE 


spirits, this dos not justify the allegory, or else the 
symbol would not have been required. 

We shall now examine one form of the symbolical 
writings that may be taken as a word-picture of the 
troubled times following the great war of 1914-18. 
We read of this tribuation in the 15th verse of the 
6th Chapter: 

“And the kings of the earth, and the great men, 
and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the 
mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, 
hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the 
mountains.” 

This and neighboring verses picture these turbu¬ 
lent days when men must realize that their mad quest 
for material gain must bring them naught but woe. 

Many of the symbols refer specifically to the bene¬ 
fits of righteousness, or spirituality—in flowered 
speech, but still with clear meaning. While there are 
numerous examples of this type of symbol or allegory, 
we quote but one example, which is found in the 13th 
and 14th verses of the 7th Chapter: 

“And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, 
What are these which are arrayed in white robes? 
and whence came they? 

“And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he 
said to me, These are they which came out of great 
tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made 
them white in the blood of the Lamb.” 

The coming of the locusts, as told in the 9th Chap¬ 
ter, was word-painting that not only introduced cipher 
figures pertaining to those nations thrown directly 
into the conflict, but making clear the fact of the war 
75 




THE CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


itself, the mighty armies, and the aggression of the 
Germanic forces. 

Chapter 11 is evidently a weave to clothe a cipher, 
being typical of these cipher symbols. And, as in 
other instances, the Chapter closes with teachings of 
the rewards of righteousness. This blending into and 
out of the cipher periods in which the symbolical 
statements are reason-defying on the basis of recog¬ 
nized conditions of law and order, into moralizing, 
the teachings or the direct prophetic statements, is 
characteristic of The Revelation. 

In the 2nd verse of Chapter 13 we find: 

“And the beast which I saw was like unto a 
leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and 
his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon 
gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.” 

Here a beast is described, but has man any record 
of such a creature? Or is this description an excuse 
for hiding cipher numbers? What other purpose 
does it serve? 

There are few churches today that would adopt 
as part of their creed a state of existence characterized 
by such monsters as those pictured in the Apocalypse, 
and there are few ministers of the gospel who would 
preach the existence of such monstrosities. 

Yet, Revelation occupies the pinnacle position of 
the Scriptures, and offers itself as the culmination of 
Scriptural truth, of God and Jesus Christ and of the 
virtue of honest effort. 

Try to write a cipher story and you will find that 
you are beset with limitations. Above all else, St. 

76 




SYMBOLICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE APOCALYPSE 


John the Divine wished to preserve his numerals 
intact. What better method could he adopt than the 
utilizing of his limitations of expression forced upon 
him by the demands of his cryptograms, in painting 
such startling pictures of fancy that translators would 
be afraid to change them? 

No wording has ever gone to greater lengths of 
imagination. This very fact insured the preservation 
of the cipher numbers. 

In the 16th Chapter, the seven angels, with the 
seven vials of wrath, went forth to pour out the wrath 
upon the world. What occurred? The sea became 
as the blood of a dead man, and in the 8th verse, 
“power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.” 
And then “the kingdom was full of darkness.” 

What more fittingly could foretell submarine and 
gas warfare and the penalty of the kingdom relying 
upon these ruthless methods? 

Babylon, which had been done for long before 
Revelation was written, becomes the center of attrac¬ 
tion in Chapter 17, which introduces materialism, 
greed, trade madness as a lewd woman. Babylon, 
rich beyond avarice in its time, perished because too 
much material gain brought its penalty of wickedness 
and destruction. Gain, without respect to its manner 
of garnering or its uses, turned into debauchery. 

Babylon is a fitting example of materialism. In 
this connection, we find profiteers 4n “these latter 
days” piteously defined in the 2nd and 3rd verses of 
Chapter 18: 

“And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, 
Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the 
77 




THE CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, 
and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. 

“For all nations have drunk of the wine of the 
wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth 
have committed fornication with her, and the mer¬ 
chants of the earth are waxed rich through the abun¬ 
dance of her delicacies.” 

A warning to these profiteering merchants as the 
Millennial Dawn approaches, is sounded in the 15th 
verse of Chapter 18: 

“The merchants of these things, which were made 
rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her 
torment, weeping and wailing.” 

Now let us examine the 8th and 9th verses of Chap¬ 
ter 19: 

“And to her was granted that she should be arrayed 
in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the 
righteousness of saints. 

“And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they 
which are called unto the marriage supper of the 
Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true 
sayings of God.” 

This marriage is the cleansing world’s acceptance 
of Christ’s teachings after centuries of contempt, 
hypocrisy and lust. 

There are other allegories—many of them. Do 
some pertain to other parts of the prophecy that are 
unrevealed? Do some give new movements to the 
cypher numbers, new turns to the cipher keys? 

Revelation is deep and purposeful. It is from the 
Deity. Man may catch its meaning, after a time, in 

78 




SYMBOLICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE APOCALYPSE 


its entirety. Enough of its significance has been given 
to us by the ciphers to prove that Revelation IS PRO¬ 
PHETIC, and through its prophecy, foreshadowing 
stirring, momentous, tragic events nineteen centuries 
in advance, the Apocalypse demonstrates that God 
understands, and that the oft-repeated assurances of 
life-everlasting are dependable. 

The Fatherhood of God, the mission of Jesus 
Christ, the purpose of the Scriptures, are proved by 
the Great Prophecy, that concerns all of God’s chil¬ 
dren, “the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.” 


79 





3 V* 


FORESHADOWING THE MILLENNIUM 


For centuries, Bible students have regarded the 
Revelation as foretelling the Millennium—the period 
of one thousand years of peace and spiritual progress 
on earth. 

There is sufficient evidence in the text of Revela¬ 
tion (without corroborating testimony from other 
books of the New Testament) to bear out the Millen¬ 
nial view. 

Whether the Millennial Dawn will be heralded by 
unusual manifestations, or will come as a growth in 
spiritual evolution, is a matter that time alone will 
determine. 

The fact that the ciphers point out definite dates, 
past and future, gives more literal value to those pas¬ 
sages of Revelation that bear directly upon the Mil¬ 
lennium. 

Following, we quote those verses that deal spe¬ 
cifically with this feature of “the testimony,” which is 
the evidence of prophecy: 

The 3rd verse of Chapter 1 says: 

“Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the 
words of this prophecy, and keep those things which 
are written therein: for the time is at hand.” 

“For the time is at hand.” Surely not the time 
during which the Apocalypse was written, but the 
prophetic time to which the prophecy points. 

The 19th verse of Chapter 1 states: 

81 



THE CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


“Write the things which thou hast seen, and the 
things which are, and the things which shall be here- 
after.” 

“The things which are” (the condition of Nero’s 
materialistic age) and “the things which shall be here¬ 
after” (or the days of the prophetic testimony). 

Turning to the 3rd verse of Chapter 9, we find: 

“And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the 
earth: and unto them was given power, as the scor¬ 
pions of the earth have power.” 

And the 7th verse: 

“And the shapes of the locusts were like unto 
horses, prepared unto battle; and on their heads were 
as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the 
faces of men.” 

What description could foretell the war more 
clearly, particularly in view of the cipher disclosures? 

The 7th verse of Chapter 10 proclaims: 

“But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, 
when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God 
should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants 
the prophets.” 

“The mystery of God should be finished.” What 
has been the mystery of the Scriptures these nineteen 
centuries? The Revelation itself! 

Let us examine the 11th verse of the 10th Chapter: 

“And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again 
before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and 
kings.” 

Through the ciphers, John the Divine again is 
prophesying before many peoples, and nations, and 

82 




FORESHADOWING THE MILLENNIUM 


tongues, and kings. The ciphers neither subtract 
from nor add to the prophecy. They reveal “the tes¬ 
timony.” 

And now we shall examine the 11th to 18th verses, 
inclusive, in the 13th Chapter: 

“And I beheld another beast coming up out of the 
earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake 
as a dragon. 

“And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast 
before him, and causeth the earth and them which 
dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly 
wound was healed. 

“And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh 
fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight 
of men, 

“And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth, by 
the means of those miracles which he had power to 
do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell 
on the earth, that they should make an image to the 
beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live. 

“And he had power to give life unto the image of 
the beast, that the image of the beast should both 
speak, and cause that as many as would not worship 
the image of the beast should be killed. 

“And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and 
poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right 
hand, or in their foreheads: 

“And that no man might buy or sell, save he that 
had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number 
of his name. 

“Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understand- 


83 





THE CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


ing count the number of the beast: for it is the num¬ 
ber of a man; and his number is Six hundred three¬ 
score and six.” 

If the “first beast” was Nero, with his materialism, 
and the “second beast” was Emperor Wilhelm, sym¬ 
bolizing the age of material ascendancy and trade 
jealousies, these verses have a peculiarly forceful 
significance. 

“And that no man might buy or sell, save that he 
had the mark.” 

And what mark more thoroughly typified trade 
worship than the advertising trade-mark that other 
nations were inspired to copy from its originator, 
“Made in Germany”? 

We proceed to Chapter 16, reading the 16th and 
17th verses: 

“And he gathered them together into a place called 
in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon. 

“And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the 
air; and there came a great voice out of the temple 
of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done.” 

The battle of Armageddon, resulting in the defeat 
of the Turks by the British, brought about the peace 
supplications of Bulgaria and resulted in the crum¬ 
bling of the Central Powers shortly thereafter. Truly, 
the seventh angel could say, “It is done.” This was 
the work of the seventh angel, the fulfillment of the 
prophecy. 

Direct reference to the Millennium is made in the 
3rd verse of the 20th Chapter: 

“And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut 
him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should de- 
84 




FORESHADOWING THE MILLENNIUM 


ceive the nations no more, till the thousand years 
should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed 
a little season.” 

And again in the 4th verse: 

“And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and 
judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls 
of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, 
and for the word of God, and which had not wor¬ 
shipped the beast, neither his image, neither had 
received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their 
hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thou¬ 
sand years.” 

In the 7th verse of the 20th Chapter, we read of a 
brief return to materialism following the Millennium: 

“And when the thousand years are expired, Satan 
shall be loosed out of his prison.” 

And, as the Millennial Dawn approaches, and the 
time to reveal the prophecy arrives, there must be 
no seal to hide the truth from the world. Read the 
10th verse of the 22nd Chapter: 

“And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the 
prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand.” 


85 







♦ 





EVIDENCE OF CIPHER WRITINGS 


Herewith we shall endeavor to make perfectly 
clear to you the fact that ciphers long have made 
mysteries possible, and that often there is a reason 
for preserving the mystery. It is possible that you 
understand cipher writings and are familiar with their 
various forms. These carefully concealed writings 
were common in the past when hidden meanings were 
essential to personal safety from detection. 

That some deeper reason entered into the Apoca¬ 
lypse is evident. Personal safety was not the object. 
The purpose evidently was to forestall the deciphering 
of a prophecy until there came a time in which known 
facts could lead to conclusions of what still was to 
come. 

For this same reason a definite warning was given 
the translators to neither add to nor take from, at 
the cost of suffering. 

So in arriving at our conclusions, we are guided 
by knowledge of this careful preservation of numerals. 
The opportunity of deciphering properly is thus in¬ 
sured. This is equal to a guarantee that there is an 
authenticity in the Book of Revelation. 

In all lands , in all tongues, and surely By all 
searchers, there is to be found the possibility of reach¬ 
ing the same conclusions, and no people by right of 
language can hope to monopolize the solution. 

87 


THE CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


Nineteen centuries were to pass before there had 
arrived the cryptic years that would place the founda¬ 
tion for the Apocalyptic cipher, and when that time 
had arrived, then in all languages the cipher would be 
clear. 

In the Apocalypse, proof after proof is given so 
that all students may check up on figures in analyzing 
the cryptogram of numerals and colors, the identities 
of which suffer no change of their character through 
translations. 

Thus this prophetic message will perpetuate itself 
in the world’s various tongues, which also proves that 
the message is for all. Colors and numbers do not 
change ever, and that is why the Apocalyptic prophecy 
deals with numbers and colors. 

And the four horsemen of the Apocalypse are sure 
to be easily recognized forms that carry forward as 
additional proof the evidence of distinguishing color. 

And throughout the Apocalypse, in nearly every 
chapter, one will find preserved the testimony of recur¬ 
rent and related numbers. There is, besides these 
cryptic numbers, a definite message bearing on the 
testimony of Jesus Christ. This hidden prophecy 
surely may be accepted as the testimony referred to. 
This cipher view of the Revelation does not depend 
upon symbols, but as there are symbols in the mes¬ 
sage, which are known to be characteristic throughout 
the masterly Apocalypse, it is reasonable to believe 
that in the great Revelation some symbols are related 
to the numbers upon which the cipher is based, and in 
deciphering the message, we find considerable value 
in the qualifying nature of these symbols. 

88 





EVIDENCE OF CIPHER WRITINGS 


In its character, the Apocalypse can’t afford to lose 
its numerical foundations, but accepting the symbols 
literally would make a delirium of life that words 
could not define. In considering the very habits of 
thought and speech long ago, the cryptogram , or 
cipher, lent itself peculiarly to those days. A more 
flowery language never has been preserved than that 
of Biblical times. In order to be guided in our deciph¬ 
ering, it is not unreasonable to shade symbols with 
numbers, because this would make the Apocalypse 
orderly and the words would become servants of the 
numbers. The importance of the word is subservient 
to the number . The numerals hold the prophetic mes¬ 
sage, and the original purpose of Revelation was to 
prove the “testimony of Jesus Christ.” 

This proof must follow where man may be—appeal 
in all languages and make the “New Jerusalem” the 
city of many —aye, of all—nations, so that into the 
fold all the people may come. 

The translations have preserved these very essen¬ 
tial numerals in every part of the Apocalypse. The 
symbols are but a clever weave to carry the message 
itself. The symbolical words [would help hide the 
secret until the time for revelation came. 

A noteworthy feature of Revelation is the care to 
preserve Biblical terms used often. This plan to 
make Revelation closely resemble both Testaments 
made it possible to hide the cipher, and it is clear that 
the meaning would be revealed when it was time to 
say, “Tell us how these coming events could have been 
foretold except of the knowledge that was concealed 
in words of Divine Wisdom.” 

89 




THE CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


We find that which was hidden now is revealed, 
and yet in these new revelations there may be hidden 
others, and in the future, with past events for example, 
other prophecies may come to light. 

Certainly the definite plan of these numerals is not 
a coincidence, for accidental recurrence will terminate 
in a given number of trials at deciphering. There are 
too many mosaics to be answered by coincidence. 

You may study the nature of these writings and, 
wherever you may be, may find the cipher . Diligently 
study the numbers for yourself upon which the cryp¬ 
togram is based. 

And in the discourse of this cryptic plan, you find 
this recurrence of cipher keys unanswerable, except 
they exist in the purpose of revealing prophecy that 
diligent search must uncover. 

To prove a cipher may be hidden, you are now 
invited to search for the cryptogram in these writings. 
You need the key. The Apocalyptic message would 
perish if the key were not given, would never be 
revealed . So beginning with the last word, be sure 
to count very carefully so that there can be no error. 
The cryptic combination which you count is seven 
and nine, which is something that is definite and clear. 
And furthermore count from right to left to the 
beginning, and you will find a purposeful, understand¬ 
able, hidden message bearing on this subject of the 
Apocalypse— something that proves that there are 
devious means of conveying secret or concealed writ- 
ings, of which Apocalyptic are the most interesting. 
But we term all of such writings cryptograms. Now 

90 




EVIDENCE OF CIPHER WRITINGS 


count BACK. The italicised words will reveal the 
message. 


The Secret Message 

Starting at the last word of the foregoing, count 
back (from right to left in each line) seven words and 
then nine words, repeating the count of seven and nine 
until the beginning of the article has been reached. 

In order to make the count easier, I have printed 
the cipher words in italics . You are invited to count 
them so as to prove that an outside story may be a 
weave to conceal inside writings, without forfeiting 
the sense and purpose of the outside, or enveloping, 
writing. 

The count reveals the following message: 

“The term Apocalyptic means something hidden, 
and furthermore, something which can be revealed 
if the search be diligent. In this discourse upon cipher 
writings you are given a definite example in these 
hidden words of how it is possible to preserve a secret 
message. But in translations into many languages 
where the original number of words would not be 
preserved, a cryptogram of words would lose its 
value. In the great Apocalypse, known as Revelation, 
the hidden message is preserved in the forms of num¬ 
bers and colors which perpetuate their identities in 
all the languages and place before the people of all 
lands an equal opportunity of arriving at the same 
conclusions in deciphering the Apocalypse. That 
hidden writings are possible is made clear herewith.” 


91 






THE CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


Countless Cipher Combinations 

The types of ciphers are seemingly without end. 
To attempt to give examples of all possible different 
cryptograms, would be impossible. 

In order to demonstrate, in a limited manner, the 
scope and diversity of ciphers, we may consider just a 
few forms. 

There are ciphers of letters. Here, for example, is 
a telegram that apparently bears on some business 
transaction. It might refer to the activities of some 
actor or lecturer: 

“Letter enclosing a verification expected about 
Tuesday. On notice cancel engagements.” 

That of itself is not alarming, but if we take the 
first letter of each word, we have: 

“Leave at once.” 

A cipher of letters could take the first letter of 
every second word, or every third word, or every 
fifth or tenth word. While it would be necessary for 
the recipient of such cipher message to have the system 
of the cipher, still there is law and order in its arrange¬ 
ment, and therefore it is possible of solution. 

A simple form of cipher, that would be transparent 
to any cipher writer, would be to give A the symbol 
of 5, B the symbol of 10, and so on; or A could be 3, 
B 6, C 9, and so on throughout the alphabet in multi¬ 
ples of three. Or the numbering could start at Z and 
proceed back to A. Any other orderly numerical 
transposition of letters and numerals would produce 
a cipher—and even fractions might be used in place 
of the undivided numbers. 


92 




EVIDENCE OF CIPHER WRITINGS 


A more secret form of cipher writing would be to 
take out the vowels—a, e, i, o and u—and supplant 
them by spaces, as follows: 


(a) 


(e) 


(i) 


(P) 


(u) 


Now we would number the consonants of the alpha¬ 
bet, leaving out the vowels entirely, as follows: 

ABCDEFGHIJKLM 

123 456 789 10 

NOPQRSTUVWXYZ 

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 

The missing numbers (the vowels) would be 
accounted for by X, and the person seeking to decipher 
the message would think that X stood for some 
unknown quantity. It stands for five unknown quan¬ 
tities, and its significance depends upon its position in 
the spaces. The writing would proceed either from 
left to right, or from right to left, but whatever method 
was adopted would have to follow throughout the 
93 










THE CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 

cipher, or it would not be a cipher. In any crypto¬ 
gram, there must be law—and nothing haphazard. 

We now will construct a sentence employing the 
above cipher: 


16 

11 




6 

X 

X 

X 

16 

X 


3 

10 

6 

15 


15 

X 14 

X 

X 5 6 16 


The value of the X depends upon the space in 
which it is written, thus: 16 is the symbol of T, 6 
represents H, the X in the third space down stands for 
the third vowel, I, and 15 means S. 

Still, there is system. There is no arbitrary rule. 
Once an arbitrary method creeps in, the writing 
ceases to be a cipher—because a cipher must leave 
evidence that will lead to its solution even though the 
student may not have the key. He searches for the 
key on the theory that it is a cipher, and therefore is 
orderly. 

Hundreds of cipher forms could be constructed, 
but in each there would be system if there was to be 
a cipher. No system, no cipher. 

In these days, with cipher writings seldom heard 
about, nobody looks for a cipher in any letter or 

94 










EVIDENCE OF CIPHER WRITINGS 


telegram or book, unless that person chances to be 
a Government secret agent. Then, likely, he would 
take for granted that a code-key would be necessary 
for the cipher’s solution. 

A cipher of numbers only, not related to letters 
or words, would have this advantage: Results would 
have to come out EVENLY, and these results might 
be gained by division or multiplication, by addition 
or subtraction. The working out of the cipher would 
determine the process—and there would be the added 
test of the PURPOSE of the result. 

It will be found, in the Ciphers of the Apocalypse, 
that the PURPOSE is self-evident, and that the rela¬ 
tionship between the various ciphers is clear. 

To understand the value of these ciphers, it is 
necessary to have some conception of the law of 
ciphers, which is the reason for placing before you the 
various examples in this volume; a sufficient number 
of examples to demonstrate that ciphers are systematic 
—and that the kind of cipher determines the scope and 
flexibility of the plan upon which it is based. So 
long as results tally and prove themselves, in a cipher 
of numbers, there may be changes in the arithmetical 
process. Some of these changes, as the Ciphers of 
the Apocalypse prove, are indicated by the text. 


95 




THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE 
APOCALYPSE 


The writer of Revelation was instructed to do 
more than weave in the many ciphers of prophetic 
testimony. There was also the testimony of color. 
The following verses are from the 6th Chapter of 
Revelation: 

“And I saw, and behold a white horse: and 
he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was 
given unto him: and he went forth conquering, 
and to conquer. 

“And when he had opened the second seal, I 
heard the second beast say, Come and see. 

“And there went out another horse that was 
red: and power was given to him that sat 
thereon to take peace from the earth, and that 
they should kill one another: and there was 
given unto him a great sword. 

“And when he had opened the third seal, I 
heard the third beast say, Come and see. And 
I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat 
on him had a pair of balances in his hand. 

“And I heard a voice in the midst of the four 
beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, 
and three measures of barley for a penny; and 
see thou hurt not the oil and the wine. 


97 


THE CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


“And when he had opened the fourth seal, 

I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come 
and see. 

“And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and 
his name that sat on him was death, and Hell 
followed with him. And power was given unto 
them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill 
with sword, and with hunger, and with death, 
and with the beasts of the earth.” 

The white horse, the red horse and the black horse 
(white, red and black): the colors of Germany. 

And these colors, in the period of the prophecy’s 
fulfillment, followed by Death! 

If this direct evidence, coupled with the messages 
of the numerical ciphers, has no significance, then of 
what value is our reasoning power? 




THE INTERLOCKING CIPHERS OF THE 
APOCALYPSE 


In the foregoing examples of cryptograms, or 
ciphers, it will be noted that in every instance the 
hidden writings adhere to a definite arrangement; they 
are systematic. 

It is a characteristic of ciphers to provide a variety 
of means that will lead to the discovery of the key. 
This is accomplished generally through the repetition 
of the key number, or word, although this repetition 
may appear to be clothed in a variety of meanings. 

Some cryptograms carry just one message; others 
convey several messages. But these messages should 
bear relationship if the cipher is correct. 

In one of the examples of cipher-writing which 
has been placed before you in this volume, the secret 
message is discovered by counting back to every sev¬ 
enth word and then to every ninth word, counting from 
right to left and repeating this count until the very 
first word of the enveloping story has been taken into 
consideration. In that example, you were told that 
there was a secret message and were shown how to 
find it. If this had not been done, then some reference 
would have been made in the outside story that would 
attract attention to the numerals seven and nine, to 
the count from right to left, and from the ending back 
to the beginning. This could have been done in many 
ways. 


99 



THE CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


If the cipher-writing contains no information that 
would lead to the discovery of a cryptogram, we may 
assume that the purpose of the message is confined 
to the few persons who are prepared to look for it 
and who have the key. 

To illustrate: During the great war, it was said 
that various personal classified ads appeared in the 
different London newspapers containing ciphers that 
revealed important strategical information. Even 
though these messages never were deciphered in Eng¬ 
land, they could have been worked out according to 
a preconceived plan, for which the members of the 
enemy’s secret service would have the key, and would 
be on the look-out for such advertisements. 

The cipher message in Revelation was not to be 
hidden or delivered to only a select few. Being a 
cipher of numbers and colors, and not of words or let¬ 
ters, the evidence of its existence has been placed be¬ 
fore students in all lands. 

There are many persons who would charge that 
figures can be twisted so as to bring any result desired. 
These same persons would charge that a cipher of 
words might exist accidentally in any writing. 

We shall give an illustration of these contentions. 
We shall start with the first word of the 4th verse of 
the 1st Chapter of Revelation. This first word is 
“John.” The eighth word is “in.” The seventh word 
after that is “peace.” And the eighth word after that 
is “and.” This gives us the beginning of what prom¬ 
ises some sense: “John in peace and.” But if we fol¬ 
low out this regular count of eight and seven, we find 
that there is nothing else to complete the sentence. 

100 




INTERLOCKING CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


It would not be a cipher if we took the eighth word, 
and then the seventh, and then the fifth, and then the 
twelfth, and then the eighth, and the fourth. A cipher 
must be orderly or it is not a cipher. If the key repre¬ 
sented a count that would seem haphazard otherwise, 
that still would be a cryptogram amenable to the law 
of ciphers. 

In the examples that have been placed before you 
for your examination and thought, there is law and 
order—there is arithmetical regularity. 

In any cipher story, it would be necessary to have 
coherent thought, and things that have been referred 
to earlier in the story would be referred to again. A 
sermon based on any text, makes reference in its prog¬ 
ress to the wording and meaning of that text. It fol¬ 
lows out an orderly line of thought. And therefore, 
in any cipher-writings, we may expect to find repeti¬ 
tions of the words or the numbers that belong in the 
cipher. 

In the Book of Revelation, right at the beginning, 
reference is made to the seven churches, the seven 
spirits, the seven candlesticks, and the seven stars. 
These churches, or spirits, are referred to again; 
and so are the four-and-twenty elders and the four 
beasts. To give the writing a semblance of conti¬ 
nuity, it would have to adhere to its subject and 
necessarily make reference to those characters that 
had been introduced and which belong in the story 
itself. If there is a cipher in the Apocalypse, 
it will be discovered through applying the law of 
ciphers. It will be found to be orderly—to adhere to 
a definite system. Inasmuch as the very nature of 
101 







THE CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


cipher-writings would include a repetition of charac¬ 
ters and facts and conditions throughout the story, we 
may assume the belief that in Revelation the same 
thing would occur. 

Nineteen centuries ago, and even as recently as 
three centuries ago, cipher-writings were employed 
frequently. Even today, in diplomatic circles, ciphers 
are used. But the code has taken the place of the 
cipher in most cases. In a code, arbitrary meanings 
are given to words or numbers. Secure a copy of the 
code book of any telegraph company, and you will 
learn that words are given meanings that could not 
relate to those words logically. The word “amethyst” 
might mean, in a diplomatic code, “wait for orders 
from the capital.” There is nothing in the nature of 
the word amethyst that would indicate any such defi¬ 
nition. It is given that definition by an arbirtary code, 
and unless a person were in possession of that code, 
that person could not decipher the code message. 

Sometimes codes and cryptograms are used in con¬ 
junction with one another—the cryptogram hiding the 
message in letters or words, and the code defining the 
meaning of those characters. 

If John the Divine had a message to give the world, 
and it was important that the world should come into 
possession of that knowledge at some time, for a spe¬ 
cific purpose, it would follow that a code could not be 
employed. There would be no means of giving the 
key to the world. The cipher would offer the only 
secure means. And as we examine the Book of Reve¬ 
lation, we must come to the conclusion that there was 
a reason for concealing the meaning in the Apoca- 
102 




INTERLOCKING CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


lypse, and that it was intended at some time to reveal 
that meaning and thereby prove the prophetic mes¬ 
sage of the Bible, and through that prophecy, the un¬ 
questioned truth of immortality. 

The Reason for the Cipher 

Turn to the 19th Chapter of Revelation, the 10th 
verse, which reads as follows: 

“And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he 
said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowserv- 
ant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of 
Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the 
spirit of prophecy.” 

And now in the 4th verse of the 10th Chapter, we 
read: 

“And when the seven thunders had uttered their 
voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from 
heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the 
seven thunders uttered, and write them not.” 

St. John the Divine had been told the meaning of 
the cipher, likely to impress upon him the necessity of 
writing the Book of Revelation precisely as it was 
given to him. Without fully understanding its pur¬ 
pose, he might make mistakes or changes. But having 
shown him the importance of the Apocalypse, an order 
was given to him to seal up that which had come to 
his attention. 

“For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of proph¬ 
ecy.” In different parts of the New Testament we 
learn that Jesus is to be testified. A prophecy of the 


103 




THE CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


Bible was to be demonstrated to the world. And there 
could be no question in the minds of mortals that these 
Scriptures had remained unchanged for hundreds of 
years, and that the manuscripts from which they were 
translated had dated back to the dawn of the Chris¬ 
tian era. 

This would deprive any man from saying, “Oh, it 
is easy enough to prophesy after a thing has occurred.” 
It is evident that all of the prophecy in Revelation has 
not occurred, that only certain steps have been taken, 
and that others are to follow. 

Let us now turn to the last chapter of Revelation, 
the 22nd, and read the 18th and 19th verses: 

“For I testify unto every man that heareth the 
words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall 
add unto these things, God shall add unto him the 
plagues that are written in this book: 

“And if any man shall take away from the words 
of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his 
part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, 
and from the things which are written in this book.” 

In the very last part of the Apocalypse, warning is 
given to the translators that they must not add to or 
take from. It is evident that if they changed the facts 
of Revelation, the cipher itself would be impaired, and 
likely destroyed. 

The writings upon which the Bible was founded, 
date back for many centuries. These writings were 
inspired. The truths came from the spirit-side of life, 
through the voices of those in spirit and in the form of 
visions. Some of the writings evidently were due to 
inspiration, during which period the writer had no 


104 




INTERLOCKING CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


visible evidence of the unseen guidance that directed 
his hand and governed his thoughts. 

No matter what argument has been brought forth 
to disprove the Bible, there is one fact that critics can 
not explain away. The Bible is the most widely-read 
book in the world, and more copies of the Bible are 
printed and sold than ever before, and this number of 
copies far exceeds the number of volumes of any other 
book. We must admit that there is a reason back of 
this persistent belief in the Scriptures. This does not 
mean that the Scriptures are understood thoroughly, 
but it does imply that back of the Bible there is a 
purpose, and that there is something in the souls of 
men that draws them to the Scriptures, even though 
they may be unable to define their belief or their hope. 

The Rosetta Stone 

In the year 1799, M. Boussard, a French officer of 
engineers, who was stationed at Fort Saint Julien, 
near Rosetta, in northern Egypt, found a slab of black 
basalt on which was an inscription that proved to be 
the key to the interpretations of Egyptian hiero¬ 
glyphics. 

The upper part, as well as the lower right-hand 
corner, had been broken away, and in that condition 
measured 3 feet 9 inches in height, 2 feet 4 y 2 inches in 
breadth, and 11 inches in thickness. Upon its face 
was an inscription, in hieroglyphics, in demotic writing 
and in Greek, a decree of the Egyptian priesthood, that 
had assembled in Memphis in honor of Ptolemy V. 
Epiphanes (B. G. 205-181). The date of this decree 

105 




THE CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


was March 27, B. C. 195. This decree named the bene¬ 
fits that had emanated from Epiphanes for the good of 
his country, as well as the benefits conferred upon the 
temples and the clergy, and provided that the King’s 
statue should be placed in the sanctuary of every tem¬ 
ple, and that divine honors should be paid to him. It 
was provided further that a copy of the decree in¬ 
scribed on stone, should be placed in every temple of 
the first and second rank. 

The Greek version of this decree, consisting of 54 
lines of text, was well preserved, with the exception 
that the ends of some the lines were broken off. The 
hieroglyphic inscription consisted of 14 lines, that were 
partly mutilated, comprising about half the text. In 
addition there was a demotic text of 32 lines, which 
was scarcely harmed. 

The Rosetta stone placed in the hands of Egyptian 
scholars two long Egyptian texts, and these were ac¬ 
companied by a Greek translation. This revealed the 
long-lost tongue of the ancient Egyptians, and led to 
the modern discoveries of Egyptology. 

The egotism of a ruler of ancient Egypt led to the 
preservation of a definite key that would reveal the 
system of ancient hieroglyphics. A key was neces¬ 
sary in order to trace back the connection between 
Greek and the contemporary Egyptian tongue, and 
finally to the hieroglyphics. If there had not been sys¬ 
tem in all of these languages, there could have been 
no relationship. 

If every language were not based on system, there 
could be no translations. There is a Rosetta stone 
that pertains to all languages—that exists in the very 

106 




INTERLOCKING CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


nature of things. This Rosetta stone is the language 
of numbers and the language of colors. Take green, 
for example, and show the color to scores of persons 
of different nationalities, and no matter what the de¬ 
scriptive word is in the language of each, that word 
means green. Hold up one finger and it means one. 
Hold up five fingers and it means five. And without 
respect to how the words are written or pronounced, 
to the persons who understand those languages, the 
meaning is clear. 

Numbers can not be changed by language. Differ¬ 
ent shades of color have their different definitions or 
name, and therefore colors can not be used indiscrim¬ 
inately to convey ideas. But numbers are always 
numbers, and so will remain throughout eternity. 

This is not true of the higher numerals. A billion 
in one country may mean a million in another. But 
a hundred, and a thousand, and ten thousand, or any 
hundreds of thousands, carry the same meaning. 

These facts should be borne in mind in studying the 
cipher of the Apocalypse. Where this cipher refers 
to large numbers, it does not hazard mentioning mil¬ 
lions or billions. Instead of stating two hundred mil¬ 
lion, it states two hundred thousand times a thousand. 
That would paint a clear picture in any mind and in 
any language. Numbers constitute the Rosetta stone 
that leads to the discovery of the cryptogram in the 
Book of Revelation. 

A Distinct Cipher Revealed 

While there is definite relationship between the dif¬ 
ferent divisions of the cipher of the Apocalypse, there 
107 





THE CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


are distinct ciphers that have as their purpose the 
carrying out of prophetic information and its proof. 

The master cipher hinges on the 18th verse of the 
13th Chapter, which is about the middle of the Book of 
Revelation: 

“Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understand¬ 
ing count the number of the beast: for it is the number 
of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore 
and six.” 

We find that the number of the beast, which is the 
number of the man, is six hundred and sixty-six. But 
we discover earlier in the same chapter that there were 
two beasts, and that the second took the place of the 
first and revived and sought to perpetuate the infamy 
of the first beast. This led to the idea that this cipher 
number, while pertaining more specifically to the sec¬ 
ond beast, also had special reference to the first. If 
this were true, and if the cryptogram of Revelation is 
a cipher of numbers, it would follow that there should 
be some definite numerical relationship between the 
numbers of the first beast and the numbers of the 
second. 

The master cipher of the Apocalypse solves the 
identity of the individual to whom 666 applies. And 
the very chapter in which this challenger to wisdom 
is issued, contains the information that leads to iden¬ 
tifying the first beast, or the first individual to whom 
these numerals apply also. 

In order to prove itself, at times the cipher pauses 
and works out numerically, as proof of its own syste¬ 
matic existence. It provides evidence of its reality. 
In view of the fact that the cipher forms a connection 


108 




INTERLOCKING CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


between the cryptic number 666, and two individuals 
separated in history by a period of practically eighteen 
centuries, it is necessary to lay the foundation for 
numerical facts that will demonstrate the prophetic 
message of the Apocalypse. If this were not done, 
the prophecy could not be proved. 

If the Book of Revelation stopped after it had re¬ 
vealed the identities of the two individuals named by 
the number 666, then the value of the prophecy would 
pause with the proof that Divine Knowledge could 
look into the unborn centuries and know all of the facts 
about the coming and going of the central figure of 
the great conflict. 

To prove beyond question that the prophecy itself 
related specifically to the second beast, or the second 
individual, another division of the cipher was brought 
in, and this division deals with the population of the 
different nations involved in the great war, with differ¬ 
ent divisions of the earth and with the earth as a 
whole. 

These population figures remove any question as 
to the period to which the prophecy pertains. There 
were no population estimates of facts available 
throughout the world at the time the Book of Revela¬ 
tion was written. But “in these latter days,” in the 
dawn of the twentieth century, the population figures 
of different countries and continents, and the world as 
a whole, are clearly defined. 

We should remember that in many instances, these 
figures are estimates and do not pretend to be accurate. 
They approximate accuracy. And so the figures in 
that particular division of the cipher in Revelation per- 
109 






THE CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


taining to populations, are also approximate. This 
fact is significant, and beyond this fact is this other im¬ 
portant consideration. If the Book of Revelation 
named the population definitely, without any multipli¬ 
cation or division, it would cease being a mystery. 
Round figures are used. These are large numerals, 
rounding up into thousands and millions, and subject 
to multiplication and division. The results are as close 
as this method of computation can bring them. No 
method could produce a closer approximate of the 
various populations named than these methods of com¬ 
putation in the ciphers of Revelation. 

Precisely as these cryptograms are related to one 
another, and as they identify a definite period with 
a definite population and its different divisions, so 
does this cipher proceed to reveal the beginning of that 
halcyon period known ordinarily as the Millennium. 
And even the Millennial figure, one thousand, is em¬ 
ployed as a divisor. To point out the significance of 
this reference, the only number introduced in the 20th 
Chapter, names the Millennial period of one thousand 
years, and in the 21st Chapter, immediately following, 
this one thousand is used as a divisor. 

The Orderly Chapter Divisions 

If Divine Knowledge could look forward through 
the depths and mists of time, and could know that 
Wilhelm II of Germany would be born in 1859, would 
be crowned in 1888, and would be dethroned in 1918; 
that same Divine Knowledge would know every 
change that would take place in the calendar during 

110 




INTERLOCKING CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


those passing centuries, and would make the figures 
in the cipher of Revelation pertain definitely to the 
period of the prophecy, without requiring any compu¬ 
tation based on calendar changes, as such calculations 
would tend to prevent the revelation of this prophecy 
and would complicate an otherwise orderly and 
clearly defined cipher message. 

It would follow that Divine Intelligence also could 
direct the division of the chapters of Revelation, so 
that even these chapter numbers would lend them¬ 
selves to the clearness of deciphering the Apocalyptic 
message. 

This we find was done specifically in the 17th Chap¬ 
ter. Evidently there was another reason for the chap¬ 
ter divisions. The system upon which we proceed 
takes each chapter as an entity in revealing certain 
cipher information. There is relationship beyond this 
in the different chapters, by way of further proof. But 
in process of deciphering, from each chapter there 
were taken those numbers that were newly introduced 
in that chapter. If the original seven angels, or four 
and twenty elders, or four beasts, were referred to, 
they were not taken as new numbers, but as an essen¬ 
tial repetition that dealt with the continuity of the 
story. This system was followed throughout the de¬ 
ciphering. It became part of the law of the cipher and 
was so observed. 

Again certain processes were employed in utilizing 
the dates pertaining to Emperor Wilhelm. And the 
same system was used in the employment of identical 
dates, pertaining to birth, crowning and dethronement, 
with relation to Nero. 


Ill 




THE CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


In various parts of the cryptogram, fractions were 
resorted to, and these fractions were named definitely. 
Where divisions were to take place, special reference 
was made to a third part, or a fourth part; and apply¬ 
ing these divisors, the results were worked out care¬ 
fully. In each instance, every new number introduced 
was employed. 

Where individuals were introduced, they were ig¬ 
nored; unless the individual constituted the entire 
numerical significance of the new character. The 
dragon with the certain number of heads, horns and 
crowns, was taken only as a setting for the numbers 
represented by those heads and horns and crowns. 

This rule was followed throughout the ciphers. In 
other words, one rule was not applied to one cipher 
and another rule to another cipher. 

When we consider that these definite rules brought 
definite results , we have no right to say that the ciphers 
are accidental. Another important point to consider 
is that in all the divisions and multiplications, the re¬ 
sults were even; they left no fractions. 

In the 13th Chapter, it was stated specifically, in 
referring to one of the heads of the beast, that it was 
wounded, and later healed—a definite lead to the fact 
that for a certain part of the computations this head 
was eliminated, and that for another part it was util¬ 
ized. In other words, it was put out of commission, 
and then brought back into commission; and by fol¬ 
lowing the significance of this evident suggestion in 
the text, the results became accurate. This was the 
only chapter in which any such element was intro¬ 
duced, and it was the only set of figures in which sub- 


112 




INTERLOCKING CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


traction and addition of one, or any other number, was 
necessary. 

There are certain recurrent cipher numbers, such 
as 7 and 12 and 24. In just one instance was the frac¬ 
tion one-tenth employed. This was in the 11th Chap¬ 
ter—the only one in which this fraction was used and 
the only one in which it was necessary to produce a 
definite result. 

We find that wherever these fractions are em¬ 
ployed, they are necessary to bring about the desired 
result. This happens in every instance, which is ac¬ 
cording to the law of ciphers. This eliminates any 
charge of coincidence, because in different chapters 
different fractions are employed, and in every case 
(without exception) they pertain definitely to the nec¬ 
essary computation based on the figures of the newly 
introduced articles or objects in that chapter. These 
rules, which do not vary and do not contradict one an¬ 
other, work out in all parts of the Apocalypse. They 
exist in the nature of the ciphers. 

Chapter 3 contains no cipher. Chapters 18 and 19 
contain no cipher. The figure 3 is a frequent cipher 
number, and the figures 18 and 19 are also important 
dates in the prophecy. Whether there is any signifi¬ 
cance to this fact, we do not know and we make no 
claims. 

Note in the first verse of Chapter 8, the term “about 
the space of half an hour” invalidates itself by “about”; 
y 2 is not a cipher number. 

In studying the facts pertaining to these ciphers, 
and their relationship, we ask that you bear in mind 
the fact that chapter divisions are important, and that 

113 




THE CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


the new characters or figures introduced in each 
chapter are essential to working out the cipher in that 
chapter—that in no case are characters or figures 
introduced previously, and repeated, made use of in 
the succeeding ciphers. 

Note that the same rule applying to the cipher of 
Nero applies to the cipher of Emperor Wilhelm. 
Study the relationships between these different ciphers 
and their bearing upon a definite prophetic time or 
period in the world’s history. In conjunction with 
these admonitions of the law and order of the unvary¬ 
ing system of the ciphers, apply those parts of the text 
that pertain specifically to the ciphers and to the 
prophecy. The result of your study will be the recog¬ 
nition of an orderly procedure. 

If you feel that these results are accidental or arbi¬ 
trary, then substitute other dates for both Nero and 
Emperor Wilhelm, and see if you can get your answer, 
if your divisions will come out evenly without any 
numbers left over. If you can get any coherent an¬ 
swer that echoes its relation throughout the Book of 
Revelation, try substituting the year 36 for 37 for the 
birth of Nero, or the year 1857 or 1860 for the birth of 
the German Emperor. Change the year 1888 to 1887 
or 1889, and the year 1918 to 1917 or 1919, and you 
will find that your cipher is thrown off and is no longer 
a cryptogram. 

Take pencil and paper and do your own multiply¬ 
ing and subtracting and adding and dividing, and note 
that the results are even , that there are no figures left 
over in the operations, that there is definite relation¬ 
ship between the various ciphers of the Apocalypse, 

114 




INTERLOCKING CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 

and that this relationship is proved by the prophetic 
portrayal of the world’s population and its different 
divisions. 

If all of this be accidental, then take any other 
book, or any other story ever printed, and trace 
throughout that story such a finely balanced arrange¬ 
ment of figures. And after you have studied and com¬ 
puted, after you have tried to tear down this weave of 
numerals, perhaps you will have greater respect for 
the Source whence came this marvelous cryptic mes¬ 
sage. Perhaps you will recognize the fact that these 
writings which were inscribed nineteen hundred years 
ago and which pertain to the present time, were 
inspired by definite information that had its source at 
the very heart of Divinity, where no one but Qod could 
have known what would occur down to the very year. 

The facts of the Ciphers of the Apocalypse are 
placed before you as documentary evidence of the 
prophetic nature of the Book of Revelation, and 
through revealing the truth of this prophecy, the Di¬ 
vine Source of the Bible itself. It was not an accident 
that Revelation was the final book of the Bible. If it 
could be foreordained that the German Emperor, to 
whom is applied the number 666, would be born in 
1859, ascend the throne in 1888, and be dethroned in 
1918, then the same accurate Divine Knowledge de¬ 
cided what the Book of Revelation should be and the 
place it should occupy in the Scriptures. 

With these thoughts in mind as guidance, proceed 
with the study of the ciphers themselves. 


115 



































f3i, , . 0 , K 
























































































■ 








■- 
























































. • 















■ 













































THE MASTER CIPHER 


“Here is wisdom. Let him that hath under¬ 
standing count the number of the beast: for it is 
the number of a man; and his number is Six 
hundred threescore and six.”—Rev. 13:18. 

Now, in the sixth Chapter, we have the “Four 
Horsemen of the Apocalypse,” giving us the colors, 
white, red and black, the German national colors— 
followed by death! 

The open-door of the entire cipher plan of Revela¬ 
tion begins with 666, extends through the color sig¬ 
nificance of the horses, and proceeds to another state¬ 
ment, which we shall get to shortly. 

A cipher that was to remain a secret for nineteen 
centuries, could not risk its entire key in one figure 
or one statement. The Revelation has passed through 
centuries of analysis, and many of those centuries 
were noted for cipher writings. No casual arrange¬ 
ment would suffice. 

Bearing in mind the direct references to the great 
war, in which the Battle of Armageddon figured so 
prominently, we have reason to believe that Revela¬ 
tion refers to the war-period, and particularly in view 
of the white, red and black of Germany followed by 
death. 

And we are told that the number of the beast is the 
number of a man. 

In this world drama, with every indication point¬ 
ing directly toward Germany as the national setting of 

117 


THE CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


the cipher of Revelation, we are justified in taking the 
central figure of the German Empire—Emperor Wil¬ 
helm II. 

We must figure him numerically. The last verse 
of the thirteenth Chapter of Revelation tells us that. 
It specifies that this is the number of a man. 

What numbers would be most prominent in the 
affairs and life of a ruler? Not all manner of num¬ 
bers, surely, but the cardinal numbers, as—for ex¬ 
ample—the date of his birth, the date of his ascension 
to the throne and the date of his dethronement. 
These are the three big epochs in the life of Wilhelm. 
We do not believe that months and days are required 
—because if this were so, the cipher would lose itself; 
and there are many divisions to the Ciphers of the 
Apocalypse besides this Master Cipher of Identifica¬ 
tion—first of the man himself, and through his iden¬ 
tity, of the period in world history—and the coming 
of the thousand-year era of better spiritual under¬ 
standing. 

Let us see what these three cardinal dates reveal: 


Emperor Wilhelm was born in.1 8 5 9 

He was crowned in.-r... .1 8 8 8 

He was deposed in.1 9 1 8 


We have these three dates, and we shall find, as 
the ciphers unfold, that these three dates have a coun¬ 
terpart in the past—even in the dawn of the Christian 
Era, and the early persecutions of the followers of 
Christ. 

Are we to add? Is our addition to be simple, or 
progressive? 

Let us begin by finding the sum-total of these col- 
118 







THE MASTER CIPHER 


umns of figures, as though they were entries on a 
ledger-page: 

18 5 9 

18 8 8 

19 18 


5 6 6 5 

That, at least, is a starting point, but it is still far 
removed from 666, and apparently in no wise related 
to 666. 

We now shall proceed to add these same three 
figures in a different manner, thus: 

1 plus 8 plus 5 plus 9 equals 2 3 

1 plus 8 plus 8 plus 8 equals 2 5 

1 plus 9 plus 1 plus 8 equals 1 9 

6 7 6 7 


Now we shall take the columns that 
contain “18” in this manner: 

1 8 
1 8 
1 8 


5 4 5 4 

And the double columns that do not 
contain the 18s, thus: 

5 9 
8 8 
1 9 


1 6 6 

119 


16 6 








THE CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


Let us now add those single col¬ 
umns that contain 9—inasmuch as we 
took the columns made up of 18: 

8 9 

8 8 

9 8 


2 5 2 5 equals 5 0 


3 3 7 

Our original addition brought us 5665, and our 
second process of addition brought us 337. We shall 
deduct the smaller number from the larger, in this 
manner: 

5 6 6 5 
3 3 7 


5 3 2 8 

If we stop, or even pause, at this point, what have 
we? Little—or nothing. Perhaps we have not com¬ 
pleted ferreting out our clues upon which the Master 
Cipher hinges. 

How are we to find the missing suggestion? Per¬ 
haps our own columns of figures will reveal the 
missing part. If this is a true cipher, this should be 
the case. Ciphers are orderly—not haphazard, and 
if Divine Intelligence could look ahead through the 
passing centuries, and single out a man who should 
bear the number, 666, that same all-seeing Intelligence 
would take into consideration the manner in which 
the Chapters) of Revelation should be divided, and 


120 







THE MASTER CIPHER 


particularly if they were to reveal the key to the solu¬ 
tion of this mystery. 

Examination proves to us that there is one form 
of addition we have failed to make. There are two 
columns that we have failed to add, and this would 
leave a flaw in the cipher, and a cipher can not afford 
to have flaws, because the Law of Ciphers would not 
permit it—would rule out the results as coincidence. 
Let us take these two columns, the addition of which 
should have followed, logically, the last addition we 
made in the foregoing tables: 

We have: 1 (8) 5 (9) 

1 ( 8 ) 8 ( 8 ) 

1 (9) 1 (8) 


3 14 

The two columns in 
brackets were added to 
give us the essential 50 
to make up 337. 

The missing addition, followed out precisely as 
the addition of the associated columns (in brackets), 
gives us 3 and 14, or 17. Could that mean Chapter 
Seventeen? 

We have done some subtraction before; why not 
again? Let us subtract 3 from 14. That gives us 11. 
Now let us see if the 11th verse of the 17th Chapter 
proves anything. What do we find? 

“And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the 
eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.” 

Strange language! He is the eighth and is of the 
seven! What can that mean? 

121 





THE CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


This seven—the number 7—appears so frequently 
in the ciphers, surely it means something. Here it 
may mean seven kings or countries—perhaps even 
seven days. What happened during the first seven 
days of the great war? First, Austria-Hungary 
declared war on Serbia, and before seven days had 
passed, Germany, Russia, France, Belgium and Great 
Britain—a total of SEVEN—were involved! 

But this man—Wilhelm, if it is he—was ONE OF 
THE SEVEN, and yet, he was the EIGHTH! 

So we shall look up his royal history. Here we 
have a clue: EMPEROR WILHELM WAS THE 
EIGHTH OF THE ROYAL HOUSE OF HOHEN- 
ZOLLERN TO REIGN AS HEAD OF PRUSSIA, 
or Germany! 

And if ever man and his plans went into perdition, 
surely Emperor Wilhelm and his plans took that for¬ 
lorn course! 

Now we shall return to the number that awaits 
us, and see if 8 proves to be a divisor. What have we? 
8)5328(666 
4 8 


5 2 
4 8 


4 8 
4 8 

The arithmetical evolution, the colors of the horses, 
and the identifying 8 surely are not coincidences; 8 
goes into our dividend, 5328, precisely 666 times— 
WITH NOTHING LEFT OVER. If any of our 

122 




THE MASTER CIPHER 


calculations did not come out EVENLY, it would have 
no place in any cipher. 

Further, as we progress with the ciphers—of which 
there are many—we shall find that the figure 17 again 
proves itself in Chapter Seventeen, as though there 
was to be left no question as to the identification of the 
bearer of 666, and the period to which he belongs. 

In many of the early efforts to decipher the mys¬ 
tery of the Apocalypse, it was pointed out that Nero 
was the bearer of the “number of the beast.” 

The effort to fasten the identification upon him was 
this: In the Hebrew numerical alphabet, there are 
no characters for E or A. Hence, Nero would be 
represented as follows: 

N (e) R O N K (e) S (a) R) 

50 200 6 50 100 60 200)666 

While this method of computation seems to fasten 
the stigma on Nero, how about the many translations 
of the Bible? How many persons would have knowl¬ 
edge of the Hebrew numerical alphabet? Truly, God 
would not hide His great cipher revelation completely 
from any of His children. And we shall find, as we 
progress with the unraveling of these cryptograms, 
that NERO DOES FIGURE in the ciphers—through 
arithmetical computation that can be made from the 
Bible printed in any language—and that THERE IS 
A CONNECTION between Nero and Wilhelm that 
proves itself most startlingly, and that even aids in 
pointing the way to the GREAT PURPOSE—the 
identifying of this Scriptural Prophecy with THE 
MILLENNIAL DAWN! 


123 





THE CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


Revelation tells us about two beasts—one that came 
to take the place of the other—to perpetuate tyranny! 
Nero it was who inaugurated persecutions of the 
Christians, and perhaps the Great Cipher wished to 
connect beyond doubt the beginning and the ending 
of a period marked by the blackest misunderstanding 
and injustice—a period of nineteen centuries, during 
which countless millions have asked, in heartbroken 
despair, “Of what use is Life?” 

Let any critic explain away these ciphers as being 
naught but coincidence—and then let him take any 
other sets of dates he wishes, and apply the cipher 
keys of the Apocalypse to them, and see what he gets. 
Let him see if the revealment proceeds along the 
orderly line that is noted in these ciphers. The figures 
are there—and if we are to doubt the unvarying sys¬ 
tem back of them and their meaning, then we must 
doubt any other group of facts that come before our 
attention and prove their correctness by an intricate 
system of cross-evidence. 

SUCH CIPHERS COULD NOT BE THE RE¬ 
SULT OF ACCIDENT, AND THEIR NUMERI¬ 
CAL NATURE ALONE MADE THEIR PRESER¬ 
VATION POSSIBLE! 

In this light, we see THE REVELATION as the 
most masterly mosaic that has ever been given to 
man —a mosaic so flawless that we can not turn our 
backs on it and refuse to regard it as THE ARITH¬ 
METICAL PROOF OF SPIRITUAL PROPH- 
ECY! 

We shall proceed now to the other ciphers, to 
learn what secrets they hold for us. 

124 




THE CIPHER OF THE MILLENNIAL DAWN 
Contained in Chapter 1 


It is evident that the Master Cipher would be the 
cryptogram upon which all the other ciphers of the 
Apocalypse would depend. It would be sufficiently 
interesting and important to realize that Revelation 
pointed specifically in its prophecy to “these latter 
days,” to the great world-conflict, and to the central 
figure of that war. If the cipher message of the 
Apocalypse stopped with the revealing of these facts, 
its purpose then would go no farther than the estab¬ 
lishment of identity. 

The Book of Revelation breathes a prophecy. It 
tells about a change that will occur in the thoughts 
and purposes of mortals. Revelation speaks about 
the Millennial period, the coming of the new era of 
spiritual progress. With this thought in mind, we may 
look for a connecting link that will give the Master 
Cipher a direct and definite prophetic purpose. 

In proceeding with the different ciphers of the 
Apocalypse, we must follow law and order as faith¬ 
fully as we recognize the basic system in the Master 
Cipher. In any story containing a cryptogram, the 
characters and objects named early in that story will 
be referred to again once, twice or many times. Were 
this not the case, the story itself would lack continuity 
and its disconnected character would indicate that its 
purpose was to conceal a secret message. 

125 



THE CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


By referring to the example that has been placed 
before you in this volume, showing how a cipher story 
can be woven into an outside or enveloping story, you 
will note that the facts referred to in the beginning are 
repeated so as to make the enveloping story coherent 
and logical. We may take for granted that this prac¬ 
tice will be observed in Revelation. This being the 
case, it vvould follow that characters referred to again, 
meaning not only persons but objects, will be brought 
in through repetition as necessary to the continuity of 
the story. 

Consequently, in our count we shall take only the 
NEW characters, the new objects, the NEW NUM¬ 
BERS that are presented in each chapter. This will 
be a rule from which we shall refuse to deviate. 
Ciphers are systematic or they are not ciphers. The 
law of ciphers states that when the method has been 
discovered, there can be no exceptions to that rule. 
Unless the enveloping story itself points out specifi¬ 
cally a deviation, that variation must not be originated 
by the person who is doing the exploring. 

We find mention specifically in the first chapter of 
Revelation of the following figures: 

7 churches, 

7 spirits, 

7 candlesticks, 

7 stars, 

A two-edged sword. 

Also we find introduced, and often repeated 
throughout Revelation: “I am Alpha and Omega, the 
beginning and the ending.” This quotation, as well as 


126 




THE CIPHER OF THE MILLENNIAL DAWN 


many similes and allegories and characters found in 
Revelation, correspond with the Scriptures as a whole, 
which shows the subtlety of the Apocalypse. Unless 
the Book of Revelation bore direct relationship to the 
entire Bible, it would seem to have no place in the 
Scriptures. That it is distinctly different from the rest 
of the Scriptures is a fact that has commanded the 
thought and attention, the study and research, of Bible 
students for centuries. 

The significance of “The beginning and the ending” 
takes us to the first figure pertaining to Emperor Wil¬ 
helm, which was 1859. The beginning of that fig¬ 
ure is 1 and the ending is 9, which, added together, 
gives us the numeral 10. 

Seven is mentioned four times, and 4 times 7 is 28. 

If the sword mentioned were an ordinary sword, 
its purpose would be to divide. But a two-edged 
sword, used in bisecting a number, would by that 
process increase that number by two, which would 
make 28 increase two-fold, and become 56. 

To this 56 we now add 10, giving us 66. 

We return to the first date connected with the Ger¬ 
man Emperor and we have: 

18 5 9 

6 6 


19 2 5 

Now let us take our cryptic number 666, and con¬ 
sider it as three sixes, or as 6 plus 6 plus 6, which equals 

i8. . __ 

Now let us take this 18, and see if it goes into 666 

equally: 


127 





THE CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


18 ) 666(37 

5 4 

12 6 
12 6 


We now have the number 37, and proceeding in 
orderly fashion, we shall take the second date associ¬ 
ated with Wilhelm, and again we shall add as follows: 
18 8 8 
3 7 


19 2 5 

And now we return to the principal cipher number 
in this first chapter, which is 7, and we add it to our 
last date pertaining to the Emperor of Germany, 
which gives us: 

19 18 

7 


19 2 5 

Note especially that the process has followed a 
definite rule. It has not deviated from that rule. 

These results, in conjunction with each one of the 
three dates—1859,1888, 1918—which were imperative 
in arriving at the master key—give us the prophetic 
date of 1925. 

Singularly enough, this is the date of Tolstoy’s 
prophecy, when the wonderfully psychic Russian said 
that the world would enter a new era of unusual pros¬ 
perity, after seven troubled years following the close 
of the great war. 


128 







THE CIPHER OF THE MILLENNIAL DAWN 


Bear these three numbers in mind, and keep 
before you this date—1925—for you will find in 
Chapter XIII that there is a most remarkable rela¬ 
tionship between the dates pertaining to Nero, who 
inaugurated the persecution of the Christians, and 
this prophetic date, 1925. If this process does not 
point to the Millennial Dawn, then what is its signifi¬ 
cance? 

These cipher figures come as the first unfoldment 
following the solution of the Master Cipher. The 
connection is so close that we can not ignoie its pro¬ 
phetic message. 

CORROBORATION OF THE MILLENNIAL 
CIPHER 

Contained in Chapter II 


The second chapter of Revelation introduces only 
one new figure, which is 10, contained in the 10th 
verse, as though for additional indentification: “And 
ye shall have tribulation ten days.” 

Here, as in the Master Cipher, we find an im¬ 
portant figure contained in the corresponding verse 
number. 

In the 19th verse of the second chapter, we read: 
“And the last to be more than the first.” 

Returning to the cipher in Chapter I, in which we 
took 1859, the first date of Wilhelm’s epochal periods, 
the first was 1 and the last was 9. The last is more 
than the first. The total is 10. 

129 







THE CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


This second chapter, therefore, serves as corrob¬ 
orating evidence fortifying the cipher in Chapter I. 

The third chapter introduces no new cipher num¬ 
bers. 

But—as though speaking to the world—this mes¬ 
sage is found in the 8th verse: “I know thy works: 
behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no 
man can shut it.” 


THE CIPHER PROCESS PROVES ITSELF 
As Found in Chapter IV 


Through arithmetical processes, the ciphers of the 
Apocalypse pause to demonstrate that they are 
ciphers. Precisely as one would make computations 
to prove an arithmetical result, it appears that the 
Apocalyptic ciphers would tarry long enough to prove 
their result. 

This fourth chapter introduces the following: 

2 4 seats, 

2 4 elders, 

2 4 crowns, 

4 beasts each with 6 wings equals 2 4 
If the cipher conceals its numerical nature in this 
way, then the same process would be resorted to 
again—and we find that this is true in the 9th chapter, 
where the nature of the figure 4 is concealed as “one 
hour, one day, one month and one year.” The ciphers 
themselves, therefore, give us the details of their rule. 


130 






THE CIPHER PROCESS PROVES ITSELF 


This is not our arbitrary rule, but it is a rule proved 
by the nature of the ciphers. 

This method of computation would give us: 

4 times 2 4 equals 9 6 

Now let us refer back to our original cipher dates 
in the Master Cipher—1859, 1888, 1918. We have: 

18 plus 59 plus 18 plus 88 plus 19 plus 18 equals 220 
Now let us take our 96 and subtract it from 220: 

2 2 0 

minus 9 6 


1 2 4 

Now let us add the 220 and 96, and we have: 

2 2 0 

plus 9 6 


3 16 

Now we shall subtract as follows: 

3 16 

minus 12 4 


1 9 2 

Now we shall return again to the common divisor 
8, used in conjunction with the three dates we have 
employed—the years of the Emperor’s birth, ascension 
to the throne and dethronement—and we have the 
following result: 

8)192(24 

1 6 


3 2 
3 2 

131 







THE CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


This cipher has demonstrated that it proves itself, 
and takes the figure 24 in conjunction with the original 
cipher dates pertaining to Emperor Wilhelm, and by 
using the same common divisor 8, comes back again 
to 24. This is harmonious progression, because the 
preceding cipher in the second chapter was a cipher 
of corroboration. 

And we find also in Chapter IV, mention of the 
“seven lamps of fire.” This is similar to the seven 
thunders mentioned in Chapter X, and is indicative 
of the seven unsettled years following Wilhelm’s 
dethronement and leading up to the Millennial Dawn 
in 1925. In other words, 1918 plus 7 equals 1925. 

Thus far, every cipher has moved smoothly and 
systematically. Where divisions have been made, the 
quotients have been exact products and nothing has 
been left over from the division. Additions, sub¬ 
tractions and multiplications, as well as divisions, have 
all worked harmoniously, interlocking in their arith¬ 
metical testimony. 

IDENTIFICATION OF THE CIPHER PERIOD 
Contained in Chapter V 

The fifth chapter introduces the following num¬ 
bers: 

7 seals, 

7 horns, 

7 eyes 

2 1 


132 







IDENTIFICATION OF THE CIPHER PERIOD 


And adding the 21 to the 316, around which our 
computations swung in the preceding chapter, we 
have: 

3 1 6 

2 1 


3 3 7 

This is another corroboration of the number that 
was deducted from 5665 in the solution of the Master 
Cipher of the Apocalypse. 

And now we have large numbers introduced that 
seem to carry us away from dates to some other man¬ 
ner of testimony. 

We find in the 11th verse of the fifth chapter: 
“And the number of them was ten thousand times ten 
thousand, and thousands of thousands.” Ten thousand 
times ten thousand is one hundred million. Certainly 
this does not refer to a date. It carries some entirely 
different significance. And yet whatever it typifies 
should have some relationship to our cipher dates, or 
there would not be coherent purpose to the interlock¬ 
ing system in the Apocalyptic ciphers. 

But what is the meaning of “thousands of thou¬ 
sands”? Have we a right to take this “thousands of 
thousands” to represent the smallest plural numbers? 
Could it be possible that this reference to a plural 
means the smallest plural, which would be two? If 
this is the case, then thousands of thousands would 
signify two times two or four. 

We find in Chapter XII, reference to “time, times 
and half a time.” But here it is clear that “times” 
means the smallest plural, or two. Therefore, we find 
133 





THE CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


that the same method employed in the fifth chapter 
to designate the nominal plural, 2, is used again in the 
twelfth chapter. This takes this method out of the 
class of coincidence or accident. 

We have started with 100,000,000. Four times 
100,000,000 is 400,000,000. 

What is the meaning of this large figure? 

The purpose of presenting this unusual number, 
400,000,000, is revealed in Chapter VI, naming one of 
the keys of the Master Cipher. Therefore, we shall 
keep this number in mind until we have found why 
it has been presented in the Apocalypse. 


THE CIPHER OF COLORS 

Contained in Chapter VI j 


In the sixth chapter we are introduced to “the four 
horsemen,” revealing the German colors—white, red 
and black. The horses represented by these three 
national colors of Germany were followed by a pale 
horse, upon which Death rides. 

We find in the 8th verse, significant again of our 
divisor 8: “And power was given unto them over the 
fourth part of the earth.” 

As nearly as round numbers could represent, a 
fourth of the earth’s population at the close of the 
great war is represented by the figure 400,000,000. 

In the 6th verse of this sixth chapter, we read: 
“And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts 
say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three 

134 






THE CIPHER OF COLORS 


measures of barley for a penny.” A measure of 
wheat for a penny, or one for one, suggests that one 
significance of 400,000,000 is precisely as we have 
indicated. But there is evidently a second signifi¬ 
cance. The three measures of barley for a penny 
would suggest a division of this large number by three, 
and one-third of 400,000,000 is about 133,000,000, or as 
close an approximate as round numbers could signify, 
of the population of the Central Powers, meaning 
Germany and its Allies. 

And again, one-third of one-fourth is one-twelfth, 
and 12 is one of our recurrent cipher numbers. 

It is now evident that the Book of Revelation is not 
going to ask us to accept the Master Cipher as the 
sole evidence of the period of the Apocalyptic proph¬ 
ecy. We are going to have additional testimony in 
the form of population figures. And as we proceed 
through the remaining ciphers, we shall find that these 
population references are brought out again, and that 
finally we are shown the population of the earth today 
as nearly as round figures could represent it. 

Europe’s population surely approximates one- 
fourth of the total population of the world. So this 
sixth chapter, with the significant vision of the German 
colors followed by death, gives us the approximate 
population of Europe as a whole and of the Central 
Powers. This added testimony, if we were to pro¬ 
ceed no farther in the analysis of these ciphers, surely 
would give us ample evidence of the prophetic pur¬ 
pose of Revelation, and of the means of identifying 
the period of its prophecy in the world’s history. 


135 




THE CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


THE CORROBORATING TESTIMONY OF THE 
CIPHER NUMBER 24 

Introduced in Chapter VII 


We found in Chapter IV that the cryptic number 
24 proved itself. If we add 7, 8 and 9, we have 24. 
And now, as though to verify the meaning and purpose 
of this figure 24, we shall find that the ciphers in Chap¬ 
ters VII, VIII and IX are all closely related, one 
depending upon the others. 

We shall now proceed with this chain of ciphers, 
beginning in Chapter VII, which introduces: 

4 angels, 

4 corners of the earth, 

4 winds, 

144,000 

We are shown that this 144,000 is made up of 12 
times 12,000, giving us a definite lead to the cipher 
number 12. We find that 4 plus 4 plus 4 equals 12. 
This we add to 144, which brings us 156. And now 
we add the other 12, which brings it up to 168—and 
this figure 168 is a carry-over to the next chapter. 


THE CHAIN CONTINUED 
In Chapter VIII 

In this chapter, there are introduced: 

7 trumpets, 


136 








THE CHAIN CONTINUED 


a third part (mentioned six different times) 
a third part (mentioned three times) 

It will be noted that a distinct division is made 
between the six one-thirds, which refer to the earth, 
and the second three one-thirds, referring to the sun, 
moon and stars. 

If “thousands of thousands” mean the lowest 
plurals, 2 and 2—and if, as in the twelfth chapter, 
“time, times and half a time” mean one plus two plus 
one-half—then in this eighth chapter, 6 times one-third 
would mean six-thirds, or 2. 

We have seven and we have 2, and multiplying 
them we get 14. 

We now divide 168, carried over from the seventh 
chapter, by 14, and have a quotient of 12. 

Let us see how this figures out by the actual pro¬ 
cess of division: 

14)168(12 
1 4 

2 8 
2 8 


It will be noted in this process that the figures 14, 
12 and 28 appear. We shall add 12 and 14 and 28, 
which gives us 54, the product that we had in the Mas¬ 
ter Cipher of 18 plus 18 plus 18. We shall find in 
Chapter XIII that this 54 again appears. 

Now we shall see if our cipher number 12 again 
comes into employment in conjunction with the final 
mention of the third part, which is repeated three 

137 




THE CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


times in Chapter VIII. These three references to the 
third part may pertain to the three divisions of the 
world during the war, which are the two groups of 
belligerents and the neutral nations. 


THE CHAIN COMPLETED 
In Chapter IX 


The ninth chapter introduces these new figures: 

4 horns, 

4 angels (that were bound), 

1 hour, 1 day, 1 month, 1 year 
We found, in the fourth chapter, that the four 
beasts each with six wings represented 24, and we 
shall find also that the one repeated four times repre¬ 
sents 4. We have three times 4 or 12. 

In the 16th verse of the ninth chapter, there is 
introduced “two hundred thousand thousand.” 

We shall now utilize our 12, that appeared persist¬ 
ently in Chapter VIII and that appears again in Chap¬ 
ter IX, and multiply as follows: 

200,000,000 (two hundred thou- 
1 2 sand times a 

- thousand) 

400 000 000 

200000000 


2,4 0 0,0 0 0,0 0 0 

In conjunction with this third part, we find special 
emphasis in the 15th verse: “for to slay the third part 
138 








THE CHAIN COMPLETED 


of men.” Here we have direct reference to the world’s 
population. 

Taking “a third part” of this, we have 800,000,000, 
which substantially was the population of those coun¬ 
tries directly concerned in the great war; and, in fact, 
the approximate population of the civilized or pro¬ 
gressive parts of the world, including Europe, North 
America, South America, Australia, Japan, and some 
of the smaller divisions. 

There are mentioned also in this ninth chapter, 
“five months, one past woe and two more woes to 
come.” And these woes are emphasized, as will be 
found in the 12th verse. 5 plus 1 plus 2 equals 8, the 
divisor. 

This chapter makes very clear the truth that these 
vast numbers are connected with war by the clear 
definition of the locusts as being soldiers; and, as the 
18th verse states, “By these three was the third part of 
men killed,” etc. The statement in the 14th verse, 
“Loose the four angels which are bound in the great 
river Euphrates,” has direct reference to those events 
of the war in the near East that hinged on the Battle 
of Armageddon, which was the real beginning of the 
end of the conflict. 

We can see that there are places in the Revelation 
where the text and the numbers have direct and inti¬ 
mate bearing on one another; where, running through 
the allegories, there are definite references made to 
the conflict ending in 1918, and to the seven troubled 
years between that period and the halcyon days of 
1925. 


139 




THE CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


THE CIPHER OF THE SEVEN THUNDERS 
As Revealed in Chapter X 


The tenth chapter of Revelation introduces just 
one new number—seven—in the 3rd verse, where it 
states, “seven thunders uttered their voices.” 

Like the seven lamps of fire mentioned in the 
fourth chapter, these seven thunders belong to the 
seven years of troubled reconstruction from 1918 to 
1925, when we are promised the beginning of better 
days. 


THE CIPHERS OF DATES AND SLAIN MEN 
Found in Chapter XI 


The following figures are introduced in the elev¬ 
enth chapter of Revelation: 

1 2 6 0 days, 

4 2 months, 

2 olive trees, 

2 candlesticks, 

3y 2 days, 

the 10th part of the city, 

7 0 0 0 men 

We have 3 y 2 years as well as 42 months, and 42 
months amount to 3 y 2 years. We shall divide 1260 by 
3i/ 2 , which gives us 360. 


140 







THE CIPHERS OF DATES AND SLAIN MEN 


There are 2 olive trees and 2 candlesticks, or 4 
objects. Four times 360 is 1440, and “a tenth part” of 
1440 is 144. Taking our divisor 8, which came to our 
attention again in the ninth chapter, and dividing 144 
by 8, we have a quotient of 18. Taking the 7 (of the 
7 thousand) and adding it to 18, we have 25, symbolical 
of 1925. Adding 18 and 8, we have 26, the number of 
the German states at the beginning of hostilities. 

Now let us take 1440 times 7,000 men, and the 
answer is 10,080,000, or an approximate of the number 
of men actually slain in the great war. 


THE CIPHER OF MONARCHIAL YEARS 
As Revealed in Chapter XII 


The twelfth chapter of Revelation introduces these 
new numbers: 

1 2 stars, 

7 heads, 

1 0 horns, 

7 crowns, 
a third part, 

1 2 6 0 , 

2 wings, 

“a time, times and half a time” 

We now add 7 and 10 and 7, which gives us 24. In 
the fourth chapter, we found that the 4 beasts with 6 
wings each, gave us the numeral 24. In the ninth 
chapter, we found that “one hour, one day, one month 
141 






THE CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


and one year” meant the numeral 4. In the fifth chap¬ 
ter, we found that “thousands of thousands” repre¬ 
sented the two smallest plurals, 2 and 2. 

Noting that this method is common in the ciphers 
of the Apocalypse, and seeing how clearly “a time” 
is specified, and “half a time” is made, we have a right 
to believe that “times” represents the smallest plural, 
or 2, which would give us one time, two times and one- 
half a time, or 3^2* 

Let us now proceed with our computations: 7 plus 
7 plus 10 equals 24. 1260 divided by 3V2> as was done 
in the eleventh chapter, again gives us 360. Taking 
our 2 wings as evidence of multiplication, and multi¬ 
plying 360 by 2 (also arrived at by dividing 24 by 12, 
the number of stars mentioned), our answer is 720. 
We now take the 24 which we obtained by adding 7 
and 10 and 7, and we divide 720 by 24, and our quo¬ 
tient is 30—the number of years of Emperor Wilhelm’s 
reign. 

Our “third part” may be analyzed as a division of 
24 by 3, which brings us back to our chief divisor, 8. 
We find that in the nirfth and eleventh chapters, 8 
again was brought to our attention. These repeated 
references to 8, and the frequent uses to which this 
number is put, makes its numerous appearances in the 
ciphers of the Apocalypse more than merely acci¬ 
dental. 


142 




THE CRYPTIC CONNECTION WITH NERO 


THE CRYPTIC CONNECTION WITH NERO 
As Revealed in Chapter XIII 


In the thirteenth chapter of Revelation, we find 
the challenge to “count,” or compute—to figure—in 
order to learn the identity of the man represented by 
the number 666. In that chapter, also, we learn that 
there were two beasts, one that had one of its seven 
heads wounded and later healed, and another beast 
that took its place. 

We have seen previously that the Cipher of the 
Apocalypse has many references to Nero. We now 
shall be able to determine if Nero really was the first 
of the two beasts. 

This thirteenth chapter introduces: 

7 heads (one of which was wounded and 
1 0 horns, healed later), 

1 0 crowns, 

4 2 months, 

2 horns 

For the time being, until it is healed, one of the 
seven heads will be disregarded. We have: 

6 plus 10 plus 10, or 26 

To this we add 42, giving us 68. 

We shall add the one healed head, giving us: 

7 plus 10 plus 10, or 27 

This we shall multiply by 2 (the 2 horns), making 
54, appearing before in the cipher. 

Now we shall use the 2 as a divisor. It goes into 
143 





THE CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


666, 333 times. Adding 333 and 666, we have 999. 
Dividing by 27, we have 37. 

This gives us: 37, 54 and 68. Let us see if this 
applies to Nero: 

Nero was born in A. D. 37 
Crowned emperor A. D. 54 
Deposed and died A. D. 68 

This chapter refers to those who were “slain from 
the foundation of the world.” Nero introduced perse¬ 
cutions of the Christians during the foundation of 
Christianity. 

If we made certain additions of numbers dealing 
with the German Emperor’s birth, ascension to the 
throne and deposition, why not apply the same rule in 
the case of Nero? 

We have: 

3 7 equals 1 0 

5 4 equals 9 

6 8 equals 1 4 


1 5 9 3 3 

'i 

By adding 159 and 33, we have 192. Dividing it by 
8, our principal divisor, we have 24, one of the cipher 
numbers. 

By taking 42 months as 3 y 2 years, and multiplying 
3% by the two that appears in this chapter, we have 
7, another cipher number. 

Taking the 37, which we arrived at through start¬ 
ing with 666, and which was the date A. D. of Nero’s 
birth, and using this 37 as a divisor of the number we 
employed first in applying 666 to Emperor Wilhelm, 
144 





THE CRYPTIC CONNECTION WITH NERO 


which was 5328, we find that our answer is 144, the 
12 times 12, and 6 times 24, all of which are cipher 
numbers. This is the division: 

37)5328 (1 44 
3 7 


16 2 

1 4 8 


14 8 

1 4 8 

Returning to the numbers comprising the three 
principal dates in Wilhelm’s career, and adding from 
left to right as was done in the Master Cipher, we 
have: 

1 8 5 9 equals 2 3 
1 8 8 8 equals 2 5 
19 18 equals 1 9 

6 7 minus the 1 (the 
wounded head that healed) 
or 66; a figure that, added to 1859, the German mon¬ 
arch’s birth-year, gives us the Millennial year, 1925. 
Adding 1 to 67, we have 68, the date of Nero’s ending. 

Taking the three eighteens in the dates belonging 
to Wilhelm, we have 18 plus 18 plus 18, or 54, the 
year during which Nero became emperor. 

If we subtract 37 from 54 to learn how old Nero 
was when he became Emperor of Rome, we have 17, 
which also answers for the previously unadded col- 
145 




THE CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


umns in the Master Cipher. This figure, 17, is again 
accounted for appropriately in the 17th chapter. 

Nero reigned 14 years, which not only is a cipher 
number, but which has been accounted for in this 
chapter: 7 times 2, or 14. 

At his dethronement, Wilhelm was 59 years old, 
and at his dethronement, Nero was 31 years old. Sub¬ 
tracting 31 from 59, to secure the differences in their 
ages, we have 28, and 28 divided by 2, another number 
in this cipher, gives us 14 again. 

Let us divide 666 by 18, which is another number 
of the cipher. We have 37—the year in which Nero 
was born, and this same 37, added to 1888, the year 
Wilhelm became emperor, gives us 1925, the Millen¬ 
nial year. 


THE CIPHER OF THE LINK BETWEEN THE 
TWO BEASTS 

As Unfolded in Chapter XIV 


The fourteenth chapter of Revelation introduces: 

1 4 4,0 0 0, 

3 angels, 

3 angels, 

1,6 0 0 furlongs 

Let us see what we make of this new combination 
of figures. 

In 144, representing the number of thousands, we 
have the familiar 12 times 12. We have 2 threes, 
146 






CIPHER OF THE LINK BETWEEN THE TWO BEASTS 


which added, give us 6. Now let us add 12 and 12 and 
6, which gives us 30, another verification of the number 
of years of Emperor Wilhelm’s reign. 

In the thirteenth chapter, the figure 7 and the fig¬ 
ure 37 are both prominent. Let us now multiply 37 
by 7, and our answer is 259. We shall now add this 
to 1600, the number of furlongs, giving us 1859, which 
is the date of the German ruler’s birth. 

The figure 144,000 has been used in different con¬ 
nections, and we find that thousands, as in “thousands 
of thousands,” and again in the “seven thousand,” used 
the “thousands” in covering the numbers that preceded 
them as well as employing the thousands themselves 
in giving us definite statistics. 


ANOTHER CORROBORATING CIPHER 
Found in Chapter XV 

The fifteenth chapter of Revelation introduces: 

7 angels, 

7 last plagues, 

7 vials 

This gives us a total of 21. And this 21 added to 
the 316 found in the fourth chapter, gives us our 337, 
which was the number subtracted from the 5665 in 
the Master Cipher, which result was divided by 8 
to give us our 666. 

But this cipher also likely contains some other 
cryptic reference, perhaps some additional cipher date 
of importance. 


147 





THE CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


THE CRYPTIC NUMERAL THREE 
As Repeated in Chapter XVI 


The sixteenth chapter introduces the three unclean 
spirits, which is one of the divisors, and is also signifi¬ 
cant of the three political divisions of the earth: The 
Entente Allies, the Central Allies, and the neutral 
nations. 


THE LINK OF THE MASTER CIPHER 
Demonstrated in Chapter XVII 


We found, in the Master Cipher, that by adding 
the two columns in the three dates pertaining to 
Emperor Wilhelm, we have 3 and 14 as follows: 

1 (8) 5 (9) 

1 ( 8 ) 8 ( 8 ) 

1 (9) 1 (8) 


3 plus 14 equals 17 
14 minus 3 equals 11 

This led us to the 11th verse of the seventeenth 
chapter. 

Now let us read the 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th verses 
of this seventeenth chapter: 

“And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The 
seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman 
sitteth. 


148 








THE LINK OF THE MASTER CIPHER 


“And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one 
is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, 
he must continue a short space. 

“And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the 
eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition. 

“And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten 
kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but 
receive power as kings one hour with the beast.” 

In the 10th verse we find that there are seven kings, 
five are fallen, one is, and the other is not yet come; 
which, in harmony with other references in the ciph¬ 
ers of the Apocalypse, such as “thousands of thou¬ 
sands,” “the four beasts each with six wings,” “one 
hour, one day, one month, one year,” and “time, 
times and half a time,” would lead us to believe that 
this division of the seven is resorted to chiefly for con¬ 
cealment, so that in the 11th verse there will be con¬ 
fusion as to “even he is the eighth, and is of the seven.” 

Also in the 12th verse, we find that one of the new 
numbers introduced in this chapter is also covered by 
a seeming explanation. 

These new numbers are introduced in the 3rd verse 
and consist of “seven heads and ten horns.” 

This makes a total of 17, corresponding with our 
3 plus 14 above, and adding another link to the cipher 
chain. 

This is a corroboration of the missing 17 in the 
Master Cipher, which actually led us to the 11th verse 
of the seventeenth chapter and helped us discover the 
identity of “the last beast.” 


149 




THE CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


TWO FALLOW CHAPTERS 
Which Are Chapters XVIII and XIX 

There is no evidence of the existence of a cipher in 
either the eighteenth or the nineteenth Chapter. 
Whether these related figures, 18 and 19, the Chapter 
numbers, had any reference to the date 1918 is not 
apparent. But these two chapters dwell especially 
upon the commercialism of the world in this particular 
period following the war. Indeed, it was this material¬ 
ism of the earth that led to the war itself. 


THE CIPHER OF THE MILLENNIUM 
Located in Chapter XX 

In the twentieth chapter of Revelation, there is one 
distinct figure, which is 1,000 years. This number 
comes after a long succession of dates, and it also plays 
an important part in the next chapter as a divisor. 


THE CIPHER OF THE WORLD’S 
POPULATION 

Hidden in Chapter XXI 


In the twenty-first chapter of Revelation, there are 
introduced: 


150 









THE CIPHER OF THE WORLD’S POPULATION 


1 2 gates, 

1 2 angels, 

3 gates on each of 4 sides, 
“foursquare,” 

1 2 0 0 0 furlongs, 

14 4 cubits, 

1 2 pearls, 

1 2 foundations, 

1 2 apostles 

Here we have 12 mentioned six distinct times, and 
6 times 12 is 72, which goes into 144 twice. There are 
the 4 sides, and 4 times 2 equals 8, our Master Cipher 
number. 

The length, breadth and height of the city being 
equal, and the measurement being 12,000 furlongs, we 
have the direct instruction to multiply 12,000 by 12,000 
and the product by 12,000, which would give us 1 tril¬ 
lion 728 billion. Now let us divide this by the Millen¬ 
nial number appearing in the preceding chapter, this 
number being 1,000, and we have 1,728,000,000, or as 
close an approach of the world’s population at the end 
of the war as round figures used in this process of 
multiplication could reveal. 

This brings us substantial proof that the prophecy 
of the Apocalypse applies to the particular period 
marked by the close of the great conflict. We have seen 
that the seven thunders and the seven lamps of fire, 
meaning the seven troubled years following the close 
of hostilities, will bring us to the Millennial period of 
1925, the dawn of an era of ten centuries of world 
progress and development. 

151 





THE CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


THE CLOSING CIPHER ARGUMENT 
Contained in Chapter XXII 


In the twenty-second chapter of Revelation, there 
are introduced: 

2 trees (one on either side of 
each bearing 1 2 fruits the river) 

This gives us 2 times 12, or 24, one of our familiar 
cipher numbers, and 24 goes into 1,728,000,000 just 
72,000,000 times—which is another approximate as 
closely as such tremendously large numbers can give 
us of Germany’s population at the time of the great 
war. 

While these population figures are not exact, it is 
evident that any effort to bring them down to precision 
would prevent such marvelous processes of multipli¬ 
cation and division as have been provided by the 
ciphers, and would call for the introduction of figures 
so definite as to make the meaning of these population 
ciphers too evident. 

When we take info consideration that all of the 
ciphers of dates are precise, with nothing left over 
and nothing that is not accounted for, and then bear in 
mind that these population figures are arrived at by 
the multiplication of large, round numbers and divi¬ 
sions, it would be remarkable indeed if these results 
could so closely approximate the different populations 
given for means of identification, and exist acciden¬ 
tally. 


152 





THE CLOSING CIPHER ARGUMENT 


Now take these ciphers, which are many in num¬ 
ber, note their close relationship to one another, study 
their corroborating evidence, and then consider them 
in conjunction with the other sustaining facts that you 
will find in this volume, and you must come to the con¬ 
clusion that such arithmetical computations, together 
with the other facts of the Book of Revelation, could 
in no manner exist as a coincidence or through acci¬ 
dent. 

These ciphers of the Apocalypse, plus the sustain¬ 
ing evidence of the testimony in the Book of Revela¬ 
tion, give us a marvelous weave in which we are able 
to trace definite, purposeful patterns. 

Take any other set of dates, and any other key 
numbers, and after you have tried thousands of differ¬ 
ent combinations, see if you can find one set of dates 
and one set of cipher keys that will attach a prophecy 
of Revelation to a definite period in the world’s his¬ 
tory. We can not explain away this remarkable 
relationship between the keys supplied by Revelation 
itself, and their definite relationship to the dates in the 
world’s history, and to the population figures directly 
associated with those dates. 

The prophetic truth in the Book of Revelation, 
which has been concealed for nineteen centuries, now 
reveals itself in testimony of the Divine origin of the 
Apocalypse, and places in the possession of every 
thinking man and woman not only evidence, but proof, 
that the crowning and most unusual book of the Scrip¬ 
tures proves the Divine origin of the Bible, and 
explains why Christianity has claimed and held such 
power in the souls of mortals. 

153 




THE CIPHERS OF THE APOCALYPSE 


The following, under date of July 28, 1920, was 
supplied by Mr. B. N. Meeds, Washington, D. C.: 

“I have a copy of your book, ‘The Ciphers of the 
Apocalypse.’ 

“On page 14, you state your inability to find any 
special reference to 1914, the year the war began, but 
I find that on page 141 you add 18 and 8 equalling 26, 
the number of German States at the beginning of hos¬ 
tilities. Add this 26 to 1888, the year Wilhelm was 
crowned, and you have 1914. Subtract 2 plus 2, or 4, 
from 1918, the year of Wilhelm’s deposition, and you 
have 1914.” 

* * # 

That there are other revelations which these 
Ciphers will point to, is natural. That all of the sig¬ 
nificance of these numerals has not been brought to 
light in this work, is equally natural. 

In these latter days, when we do not deal in 
ciphers, and find no use for cryptograms — except, 
perhaps, as a means of amusement — but must con¬ 
tent ourselves with codes, our minds do not think 
along the line of cryptic messages. 

In the days when St. John the Divine penned his 
Revelation on the Isle of Patmos, there was ample 
cause for such secret writings, and this evidential 
message to posterity could not have come at a time 
better suited to the employment of cipher writings 
for the preservation of the Great Prophecy! 

(THE END) 


154 





















t 

















' 4 > 


















V 





\t 







/ 


9 






REGAN TABLE-TOP SERIES 















o o 


*.. .0 <&' 



v, ^ o 




v ^ J&n ///A * v c^o . 

; © o x 

<■ or ci. , ■** A 

^ v 3 M o - <£•. » g , i*' ^° 

r // C' v * Y * 0 f > ,o ; s' 4 

<* 'P+ c 7 - (3 5 , * -. .4 ^ ' <l - 

* ^ ^ * A 4 -; ^ ^ * 

kP .<v _ A\V^<5s.//A o V ° 


i/ T3?^ * 

«" , ?V ** 

* ^ r s 

* \0 o • 

>. ^ 4^> ^ 

* A 

,0' "o <y _ ~ ^ 



„ . ,.. cfr* *• . **'"' nti Cl “* 

■J N 0 \ 

• * V * 0 /- ' ' ,0 r S 

* e A? S 

,„ ® •%. <p » 

J ^ \ v 

> - * * >; '**' >\ *':; * So f • ‘ y°S- * S^S ,' ’ - >v 


,V 



A* V< V ® 

* <y> M o 







* 





o 

^ ^ v £ e» A a 

O- 


-* 'b ° 

*>■ , * 
o o> ~f> >■ 

> - fA * 

// C> V ^ 0 / ^ .O v 

* AV <* (AWA r ' ^ -* * 

" V i(V « ° V ^ 15 

V «/> z 



K 


v 5 s 



s 7 * . ^2* ^ 3 N 0 

S S ^ C\ V * 

< 'fU, <. ^ ^ 

* tp 4\V ^ 








4 \L V 

^ * 4 ^ V A /y J 

(y c 0 c * ^ 





■t* 

4 >* ^'Z^ZTZT * 

P ^ *- C\ 

^ »m* 4 °' s 

' " . ^ v'2 

o ^ <• 

- = 

_, l , x _ ^ ‘Kj ° 

<■ 4 ,^3^ s ^ A */ 

0 N * « ° A V > a * ^ 

<vfs^ A- *r * o V 

c^?v\^ ur ^ - v 


X°°^ 



' 

,0 V S 



iV ^ «v 

c 0 N C C. 

> r\V c 4 1 ^ 

o rP ♦ c^n\ _ ^ v 


% 

o 

% 

<£> 

$ 

<v 

o 

7 

o 

> 

^ y 

<p„ 

A 

© 

. i 



0 ,K 


* <r 


a V 


-i > ' \\j o (V ^ } a 

y S->” S A ~ ° % > X 



^ V 


-% . ' '* ^ 
s O. vo 

(\\ « V I 6 ^ 

A x v ^ c? 


\ 0C ^. 


I*' .,0 


0 



%- ^ * 
r* V 



*' 


_ > * \ 


X 





S' 

S' 

o ✓ 

* x A 0‘ v ^ s ^ v 

° ^ cA ♦ 

O Vd o 




\ J ft 



° 0 X ; ^ 



" - aS ^ ° 

V »v v> 

, - v s A & T> 

/y * * S " c\\ . v 1 B * 



cP 



9 I 


o5 ^ »■ 

> \y ^ * 

<* i 

*+ y b^MSt\ % / - r 

~z 


\ 0o ~ 



, f 0 v ' t 0 *“ ‘ «• '■%. 

% ° \j » c-^Nn ^ ^ ^ 

t O 0 X 





<* ”<5* 



\ 


A^''' ^ 



^ s s 


cT> 


U t i* 

v'/’•”'. •> " . 0 \ 

--A V * 

^ A V A * 

- • ♦ f v 7 *'/v’;-;\ <, ‘ ; ^ o<--«•«s % 

~ 1 ^ i 


X' 





^ 9 | \ s 4 <S y N ® 




A v 

" V s 

4 w 



y ^ 


o5 *7V >■ 

v* rSfu <#• 

v ^ % 

'* "C‘ ' "' \> 

* A A * A® A,A 
v ,s_v «, fi^sy/A ° *■ 


\ 0 °4. 




"’ A 0 n yy <?:%“° M# 

C Or 


i v. 1 ft 


•%'' ■ ‘ '/•'%£& • • :a 4< !-- ^ 






o x 

O 

.H 




,o^ c» N ‘* 



































9 - • V ^ , V - i, v««• ° .'■*!p. 

^ * *P.+ + «? . v <* . *• ^ * 5 . * 



- ^ .<* 

-.-M* /% \ 



- %<cP 


<v 



r ‘ ^ c^~ * 

° ^ v tt ^5^: 

z \' ^ r ^ 

° A^ ^ ° 1 

v <y * 

\ O- * o ♦ x * 

.#'v\\*«„ ° 0 r^ .‘1L C */^ " ,# 


* ^ 

.* 6 \»" •/•**' *'*''.*< 




*❖ 


^ * ’' ’ o^VlllT^ * ”* * ’ ■ v 

£» * AO V d&QWRbh. ^ +P 

® *£> ^ t» ^11^ - ' n 

M? « o> ^ o %, fW\ S * ^ ^ 

__ * 'p V - V V> 

C' 1 *'*' 4 V 0 * * V . c ^ • ;V ' * ■* ■ ‘ >< * - ■ 1 * 




> •■\*>°'o»* e ^ 

V ^ «**'*' ' 



on 0 


o ^ 




s—, '•%. " /-», < V , -->°;^-;V’“ t, "/;'-' e 

VW ;» ‘ jfeW/' * w 

* ^ ^ ^ o 

r * ^ V* o §MS * \ V %. , A? 

'o c° *% *£_ j-fc -f 0 U * '<* ’ 



* u - '^o o* 

^ ^ v 

a n °' x>^\ ■< *«, *" 1 '.«»: s' • * ^ 

*/> ,A V ■* £>MjA ° O 

> t/>. 






A - <. 


^ ° 



^ 'j 

\ 4 * _v 

s s A O- y 0 * X ^ ,( 

,4> * V 1B >? ^b A 

At v -1 'S> cr 




^ ''/V >* 

✓ %HV0sN^ > V^ c 

O y ^ vL^ & r 

<? *°’r„%*’ K0 "• 

V ^ .. " ^ ^ * 

* vV a\> ^ . 

< J 1 ° 

o v/a«\^ " <$% : 

u V J^NF * ft v 5 V- * 



<* ** J C S /' 

^ 0 N c « * * a\ 

f\ k c ^ <P. 'N> 

C> ^ t 'p 'V 


to' 





r\ 


















































